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Duncan Murrell - A Whale of a Time

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Close up of the jaws and baleen plates of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunging in a pod cooperative feeding using a bubble net, I You Seen Cove, Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA.

The tightly packed baleen plates are clearly visible. They are smooth on the outside, and coarse and bristly on the inside. They have a series of 270-400 fringed overlapping plates hanging from each side of the upper jaw, where teeth might otherwise be located.

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Alaska-humpbackwhale-bubblenet31.jpg
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Duncan Murrell
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USA Alaska Southeast Alaska Chatham Strait I You Seen Cove marine mammal cetacean humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae pod bubble net feeding cooperative feeding hunting hunters lunge head jaws mouth baleen plates throat ventral pleats
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Humpback Whales - Bubble Net Feeding
The tightly packed baleen plates are clearly visible. They are smooth on the outside, and coarse and bristly on the inside. They have a series of 270-400 fringed overlapping plates hanging from each side of the upper jaw, where teeth might otherwise be located.