what does baleen mean?
2007-07-21 08:05:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen
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. It is composed of keratin, which is the same substance that makes up human hair and nails. 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, It is also referred to as 'blasko'.
2007-07-21 08:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by Prunella Prunella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The long, narrow, close set teeth of the baleen whale used to sift small fish from the ocean waves.
2007-07-21 08:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen
2007-07-21 08:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A flexible horny substance hanging in fringed plates from the upper jaw of baleen whales. It is used to strain plankton from seawater when feeding. Also called whalebone.
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2016-10-22 06:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a tough, horny material growing in comb like fringes from the upper jaws of some species of whales.
Hope this helps!
2007-07-21 08:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
HAS SOMETHING TO TO WITH THE HORNY MATERIAL IN THE UPPER JAW OF THE WHALE.
2007-07-21 08:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-21 08:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
a type of whale, I think.
2007-07-21 08:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by altruistic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-21 08:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by Archie ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋