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    Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to...
    107 KB (11,998 words) - 07:56, 4 May 2024
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    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in...
    143 KB (14,779 words) - 18:34, 7 June 2024
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    The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft) and weighing...
    94 KB (10,273 words) - 18:47, 7 June 2024
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    minke whale (/ˈmɪnki/), or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale. The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and...
    29 KB (3,527 words) - 11:48, 27 May 2024
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    The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
    74 KB (7,590 words) - 18:54, 3 June 2024
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    bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus...
    68 KB (7,273 words) - 08:40, 11 June 2024
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    one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic...
    148 KB (16,428 words) - 19:10, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for North Pacific right whale
    The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. On average and...
    188 KB (23,739 words) - 14:14, 30 May 2024
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    whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E...
    63 KB (7,027 words) - 22:31, 27 March 2024
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    Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and...
    116 KB (12,778 words) - 22:31, 2 May 2024
  • The Whale is a 2022 American drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. The film...
    85 KB (5,572 words) - 21:02, 7 June 2024
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    The beluga whale (/bɪˈluːɡə/; Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along...
    194 KB (20,134 words) - 21:25, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern right whale
    The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern...
    115 KB (11,443 words) - 17:31, 1 December 2023
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    Whale meat, broadly speaking, may include all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) and all parts of the animal: muscle (meat), organs (offal), skin...
    33 KB (3,665 words) - 16:28, 17 March 2024
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    The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the...
    117 KB (16,727 words) - 04:03, 25 May 2024
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    is in the toothed whale clade. This type of hybrid was considered unexpected given the sometimes extreme size difference between a female common bottlenose...
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    Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned...
    49 KB (5,886 words) - 17:00, 17 May 2024
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    short tons) sperm whale. Several species of odontocetes exhibit sexual dimorphism, in that there are size or other morphological differences between females...
    85 KB (9,493 words) - 22:09, 12 June 2024
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    A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in...
    37 KB (4,490 words) - 17:37, 2 June 2024
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    Baleen (redirect from Whale bone)
    is a filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales. To use baleen, the whale first opens its mouth underwater to take in water. The whale then...
    16 KB (1,793 words) - 09:24, 16 January 2024
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