. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Mg. 137. Mmidon moruKlroe, Narwhal, ris' Balaenidae.—The Greenland Whale, being the one most sought by whalemen, is known as the Eight Whale. Its huge mouth is cleft to the depth of twenty feet, with a breadth of six or eight.* The upper jaw, instead of teeth, has slabs of whalebone (baleen) hanging freely, about an inch apart. These are often 1800 in number and the longest ten feet in length; the outer edges being smooth and solid, the inner fringed with fibres. In feeding, the whale moves rapidly forward near the surface of the water, not with open mouth
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. Mg. 137. Mmidon moruKlroe, Narwhal, ris' Balaenidae.—The Greenland Whale, being the one most sought by whalemen, is known as the Eight Whale. Its huge mouth is cleft to the depth of twenty feet, with a breadth of six or eight.* The upper jaw, instead of teeth, has slabs of whalebone (baleen) hanging freely, about an inch apart. These are often 1800 in number and the longest ten feet in length; the outer edges being smooth and solid, the inner fringed with fibres. In feeding, the whale moves rapidly forward near the surface of the water, not with open mouth, but with its lower lip dropped over, leaving the baleen exposed. The water rushes in, carrying myriads of minute animals. The great tongue being then raised and the lower lip lifted, the water is strained out through the baleen, and discharged at the sides of the mouth in torrents, f while the food remains, to be swallowed at leisure. * Cnrionsly, the throat opening ont of this enormous cavity will hardly admit th6 entrance of the two Angers. As the whale has no teeth, it can therefore eat only very small animals. + Close observers maintain that the whale in breathing never sponts water from the nostrils as the ordinary pictures represent. When it rises to the surfece, a foot or more of water over the head is blown away by the breath escaping from the Innga, This is followed by the vast body of air expelled, surcharged with moisture hot ftom. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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