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Scientists discover secret to how the largest ever mammal sings
These whales have baleen plates made of keratin – the same material found in human fingernails and hair – in their mouths ...
Baleen whales are among the biggest creatures on Earth—science is revealing new secrets about their size
Baleen whales evolved bristly baleen plates instead of teeth, which filter or trap krill ... Rorquals swim large distances, ...
The ‘52-Hertz Whale’ Is The Loneliest Animal In The World—Here’s What We Know
Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.
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 ...
Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans
A recent theory proposes that whales weren’t just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have ...
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Whales have developed an impressive strategy to evade predators
Some baleen whales avoid killer whale attacks by singing songs at deep frequencies that their predators cannot hear.
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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 ...