. Dwellers of the sea and shore . RORQUAL. The rorquals and humpbacked whales resemble the right whales in their habits, and except for the presence of a dorsal fin and having much smaller heads, they correspond with the other in general structure. But a peculiarity exists in the appearance of these animals which is unique : the skin under the throat is lined in a lengthwise direction with long parallel ridges and grooves, or plications. As I have said, some of the rorquals have been alleged to measure nearly one hun- dred feet; they are larger than the right whales, and indeed are the largest
. Dwellers of the sea and shore . RORQUAL. The rorquals and humpbacked whales resemble the right whales in their habits, and except for the presence of a dorsal fin and having much smaller heads, they correspond with the other in general structure. But a peculiarity exists in the appearance of these animals which is unique : the skin under the throat is lined in a lengthwise direction with long parallel ridges and grooves, or plications. As I have said, some of the rorquals have been alleged to measure nearly one hun- dred feet; they are larger than the right whales, and indeed are the largest of all known animals, living or extinct. Of all the whalebone whales they are the most abundant and widely distributed, being found in almost every sea. They live on minute organisms,
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