what is baleen?

Answer 1

Baleen (also called whalebone) is a substance made of keratin and is therefore stiff but somewhat elastic. Whalebone is a modification of the epidermis. A bony mineral, hydroxyapatite, is also present in baleen in small amounts, along with traces of manganese, copper, boron, iron, and calcium.

Baleen makes up baleen plates, which are arranged in two parallel rows that look like combs of thick hair; they are attached to the upper jaws of baleen whales. Whales use these combs for filter feeding. Whales are the only vertebrate group to use this method of feeding in great abundance (flamingos and crabeater seals use similar methods, but do not have baleen), and it has allowed them to grow to immense sizes. The Blue Whale, the largest animal ever to live, is a baleen whale.

Depending on the species of whale, a baleen plate can be 0.5 to 3.5 m (2 to 12 ft) long, and weigh up to 90 kg (200 lb). Its hairy fringes are called baleen hair or whalebone-hair. Baleen plates are broader at the gumline (base). The plates have been compared to sieves or Venetian blinds.

The word "Baleen" derives from Early Modern English word meaning "whale". It derives from the Latin balaena and is related to the Greek phallaina, both of which also mean "whale".

Answer 2

Baleen (also called whalebone) is a substance made of keratin and is therefore stiff but somewhat elastic. Whalebone is a modification of the epidermis. A bony mineral, hydroxyapatite, is also present in baleen in small amounts, along with traces of manganese, copper, boron, iron, and calcium.

Baleen makes up baleen plates, which are arranged in two parallel rows that look like combs of thick hair; they are attached to the upper jaws of baleen whales. Whales use these combs for filter feeding. Whales are the only vertebrate group to use this method of feeding in great abundance (flamingos and crabeater seals use similar methods, but do not have baleen), and it has allowed them to grow to immense sizes. The Blue Whale, the largest animal ever to live, is a baleen whale.

Depending on the species of whale, a baleen plate can be 0.5 to 3.5 m (2 to 12 ft) long, and weigh up to 90 kg (200 lb). Its hairy fringes are called baleen hair or whalebone-hair. Baleen plates are broader at the gumline (base). The plates have been compared to sieves or Venetian blinds.

The word "Baleen" derives from Early Modern English word meaning "whale". It derives from the Latin balaena and is related to the Greek phallaina, both of which also mean "whale".

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Answer 3

Baleen is a comblike structure which is made up of keratin.It is also called whalebone.They are hard but are also flexible like elastic.They are used by whales to filterfeed.

Answer 4

Baleen Whales are the largest animals on Earth.

Ex: Your mother is larger than a Baleen Whale.
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Answer 5

Baleen is a special structure in the mouths of some wales. They look like big filters and are used as such. A whale will take in a mouthfull of water and squirt it through these bristles and whatever small animals(usually krill, a small shrimplike crustacean) get caught the whale licks off and swallows.

Answer 6

baleen is a thick comb-like structure that act as teeth on some whales

they grow in place of teeth for the whales that eat tiny aimals called prawns

the baleen's dense "teeth" filter out the prawns from the water, making it easier for the whale to feed

Answer 7

Baleen is the membrane in a whales mouth that they use to screen out the Krill and Plankton in seawater.

Answer 8

baleen is the giant flap of skin like structure inside the baleen wales mouth that filters the small algea, shrimp, whatever, it scoops up in the ocean.

Answer 9

baleen is a verb that describes the action of someone paying to get you out of jail.

Answer 10

Baleen are hairs that hang from the mouths of whales that filter plankton (krill) that whales eat. Plankton are microorganisms.