Feeding plates of a baleen whale skeleton. Used to filter krill and other planktonic organisms which the whale has gulped in, while letting the water

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Feeding plates of a baleen whale skeleton. Used to filter krill and other planktonic organisms which the whale has gulped in, while letting the water drain our under pressure from the gular sack.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Photo credit: © PAUL D STEWART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, baleen, cetacean, feeder, filter, giant, marine, plankton, skeleton, whale