baleen
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It’s there that the baleen filter feeders spend the summer gorging on tiny crustaceans from the muddy bottom of the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort seas, creating shallow pits or potholes in the process.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
A total 494 of common dolphins and 479 baleen whales had stranded over the 30-year period, according to the research.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
North Pacific right whales are baleen whales, which feed by straining huge volumes of ocean water through their comb-like baleen plates that trap copepods and other zooplankton.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
While previous studies have linked caller identity to acoustic tag data, this is the first robust method for studying large baleen whales, like humpback whales.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
The guard’s fingers passed over the spot between Kaz’s teeth where he’d wedged the baleen, then pinched and prodded the interior of his cheeks.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Marine Biology - Introductory
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