Baleen whales have two methods of feeding – skim feeding and lunge feeding. When they are skim feeding they swim slowly through swarms of fish or plankton with their mouth open to catch ...

These whales eat their food using a clever system called filter feeding. Baleen whales have a special structure in their mouth that enables them to filter feed. Instead of teeth, they have baleen ...

Baleen Whales Can’t Swallow Large Objects Another species of baleen whale, the humpback whale, was seen accidentally swallowing a pelican.But the whale felt the difference in its mouth right ...

AP But instead of remaining underwater afterward to filter through its baleen, it surfaced and began opening and closing its mouth. After the whale went back underwater, photographs and videos ...

Once at the surface, a lunge-feeding whale will typically close its mouth almost immediately to ... As for the whale’s bristly baleen, these fibers and plates are flexible and resistant to ...

Baleen whales evolved bristly baleen plates instead ... This involves accelerating forwards with a closed mouth before opening the mouth wide, then filtering the water out through their baleen ...

But instead of remaining underwater afterward to filter through its baleen, it surfaced and began opening and closing its mouth. After the whale went back underwater, photographs and videos were ...

But instead of remaining underwater afterward to filter through its baleen, it surfaced and began opening and closing its mouth. After the whale went back underwater, photographs and videos were ...