Rostrum morphology and feeding strategy of the baleen whale indicate that right whales and pygmy right whales became skimmers independently
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221353
Abstract: Baleen whales have lost their functional teeth and begun to use their baleen plates to feed on small prey. Modern baleen whales exhibit different types of feeding strategies, such as lunging, skimming and so on.… read more here.
Keywords: rostrum morphology; feeding strategy; right whales; chaeomysticeti ... See more keywords