Mysticeti - Baleen Whales

The Balaenidae Family

The baleen apparatus is at its most extravagant in this species. The head is huge, in some species up to 40 per cent of body length. All seven neck vertabrae are fixed into a single unit to support the enormous body weight.

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The Bowhead Whale

     Balaena mysticetus

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