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All members of the family have a series of longitudinal folds of skin running from below the mouth back to the navel (except the sei whale and common minke whale, which have shorter grooves). These furrows allow the mouth to expand immensely when feeding. [5] These "pleated throat grooves" distinguish balaenopterids from other whales. [5]
[citation needed] Humpback whales have 14 to 35 throat grooves that run from the top of the chin all the way down to the navel. [3] These grooves allow the mouth to expand. [3] When they swallow they stream the water out through their baleen as they ingest the fish. [3] The fish that they ingest are also a source of hydration for them. [3]
The throats of all beaked whales have a bilaterally paired set of grooves that are associated with their unique feeding mechanism, suction feeding. [9] Instead of capturing prey with their teeth, beaked whales suck it into their oral cavity. Suction is aided by the throat grooves, which stretch and expand to accommodate food.
An underwater photographer who got up close and personal with a massive blue whale says the experience left him feeling awestruck — and incredibly small. Stunning photo shows diver's close ...
Bryde's whale (/ ˈ b r ʊ d ə z / BRUU-dəz), [3] [4] or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The " complex " means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research.
Two North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the Gulf Coast of Alabama recently in a rare encounter less than a mile away from the Gulf Shore of Alabama. North Atlantic right whales are ...
Whale watching business in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Whale watching and hunting take place in different regions of Canada: the former mainly on Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the latter exclusively in the Arctic. Whale watching happens in the Saint Lawrence River, western Hudson's Bay near Churchill, and British Columbia.
John Warner, chief executive of the Marine Mammal Care Center, said that seeing the big gray whale washed ashore on Sunday morning felt like "a gut punch." "Whales hold a very special place in our ...