Baleen in example sentence

"These cetaceans," he asked, "are they as big as the ones in the northernmost seas?""Pretty nearly, Ned.""Because I've seen big baleen whales, sir, whales measuring up to 100 feet long!

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Meanwhile, toothed whales do use echolocation, and they and other species of baleen whales make social sounds, such as cries and whistles, to communicate.

So the large baleen whales will produce long, beautiful songs, which are used in reproductive advertisement for male and females, both to find one another and to select a mate.

And I'd like to switch now from this local, familiar, coastal environment to a much broader world of the baleen whales and the open ocean.

Well versed in the theory of classification, he was poorly versed in its practical application, and I doubt that he could tell a sperm whale from a baleen whale!

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