Mark Carwardine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on herring, showing palate and baleen plates, Frederick Sound, South East Alaska, USA, Endangered or threatened species (Vulnerable)
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Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) expeling air and water from mouth through baleen plates after engulfing part of a baitball of Sardines (Clupeidae) with California sea lion (Tetreapturus au...
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Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) expelling air and water from mouth through baleen plates after engulfing part of a baitball of Sardines, Sardinops sagax, off Baja California, Mexico (Easte...
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Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping, showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
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Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping, showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
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Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) spyhopping, showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
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Hiroya Minakuchi / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf being pet by tourists on whale watching boat, showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Whales' baleen plates. From left to right: Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus), Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (Wildlife Art Company).
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Colin Monteath / Baleen plates from whale mouth, dates from 1840's whaling era, Kaikoura, New Zealand