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

Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny crustaceans and certain types of coral and krill, to various molluscs, barnacles, and even massive basking sharks and baleen whales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

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

Kaz waited as long as he dared to bite into his own baleen.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo