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This Is the Biggest Whale, by Length and by Weight
One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...
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Scientific sampling of Anchorage fin whale continues after temps cool
“There’s not a lot of fin whales that strand ... “Including exposure to toxins, what their diet is, how to determine their age. “We know that it didn’t have avian influenza, we know ...
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Tests aim to find washed up whale's cause of death
The fin whale - known as the "greyhound of the sea" for their speed - is the world's second-largest animal after the blue whale. It is the second one to wash up in Cornwall this year.
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
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Lawsuit Launched After Pair of Fin Whales Killed During Military Exercise
SAN DIEGO— After two dead fin whales were found on the hull of a military destroyer in San Diego, California on May 8, the Center for Biological Diversity sent the National Marine Fisheries Service ...
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Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...