Friday, July 1, 2011
Baleen Plates
This is a section of baleen plates from a beached humpback whale. These plates are about 2 feet long, but on some species of whales they can grow 5 or 6 times that length.
I pull off one plate at a time as I need them for reproductions.
Photo Credit
: Tim Rast
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Klaus
July 2, 2011 at 12:27 AM
Good thing baleen whales don't have to floss their "teeth"
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Good thing baleen whales don't have to floss their "teeth"
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