rorqual
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She’d like to see a different family of whales examined for comparison, as the three individuals studied were all juvenile rorqual whales.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 21, 2024
New research provides a fuller understanding of this species, focusing on a foraging behavior called lunge-feeding that it shares with the other members of its cetacean group, the rorqual whales.
From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2023
Dozens of rorqual species have arisen and died off since the advent of lunge feeding.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2020
Like other rorqual whales, humpbacks’ throats expand in rubbery pleats reaching down to their navels.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2018
The only other rorqual to do so—the blue whale—raises the flukes slightly or not at all.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
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