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Baleen in sentence

19 examples of Baleen in a sentence

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!
Dexterity, coolness, bravery, and cunning were virtues he possessed to a high degree, and it took a truly crafty baleen whale or an exceptionally astute sperm whale to elude the thrusts of his harpoon.
So till I have proof to the contrary, I'll deny that baleen whales, sperm whales, or unicorns can do any such thing."
I believe in the existence of a mammal with a powerful constitution, belonging to the vertebrate branch like baleen whales, sperm whales, or dolphins, and armed with a tusk made of horn that has tremendous penetrating power."
As for the family in which it would be placed (baleen whale, sperm whale, or dolphin), the genus to which it belonged, and the species in which it would find its proper home, these questions had to be left for later.
But one of them, the captain of the Monroe, knew that Ned Land had shipped aboard the Abraham Lincoln and asked his help in hunting a baleen whale that was in sight.
The Abraham Lincoln would change course and race after the animal sighted, only to find an ordinary baleen whale or a common sperm whale that soon disappeared amid a chorus of curses!
One day we were chased by the longboats of a whaling vessel, which undoubtedly viewed us as some enormous baleen whale of great value.
"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!
"I can easily believe it, Ned, just as I can believe that certain baleen whales equal 100 elephants in bulk.
That baleen whale kept coming closer.
Thanks to the mindless, barbaric bloodthirstiness of fishermen, the last baleen whale will someday disappear from the ocean.
"Well, captain," I said, "on behalf of the baleen whales, there's still time--""It's pointless to run any risks, professor.
Better armed than a baleen whale, whose upper jaw is adorned solely with whalebone, the sperm whale is equipped with twenty-five huge teeth that are twenty centimeters high, have cylindrical, conical summits, and weigh two pounds each.
There was just time to run to the rescue of the baleen whales.
But his anger was diverted by the sight of a baleen whale that the Nautilus had pulled alongside of just then.