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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Mystery Whale Known Only From Dead Specimens Found Living In The Wild

A never-before photographed Omura's whale. Photo reproduced from Cerchio et al. 2015, courtesy of New England Aquarium.

Mystery Whale Known Only From Dead Specimens Found Living In The Wild
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An Omura's whale feeds, expanding its throat to engulf seawater. It will expel the water through plates of baleen hanging from its upper jaw that filter out prey, presumably zooplankton. Photo reproduced from Cerchio et al. 2015.
An Omura’s whale feeds, expanding its throat to engulf seawater. It will expel the water through plates of baleen hanging from its upper jaw that filter out prey, presumably zooplankton. 

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