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
Lunge-feeding whales are also called rorqual whales and include two of the largest animals on Earth — the blue and fin whales.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
It may be clear why rorqual whales are so large in general, but of these giants, why are blue whales so much larger than all the others?
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2020
Leaning over the rail, with the great rorqual laying perfectly still a few feet below, I was told to mark how slender and elegant were his proportions.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
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