| 11. | It is the smallest member of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale.
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| 12. | Lunge feeding by the huge rorquals is said to be the largest biomechanical event on Earth.
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| 13. | It is the second smallest rorqual after the common minke whale and the third smallest baleen whale.
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| 14. | Their only real competitors in terms of size are the rorquals, such as the blue whale.
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| 15. | Rorquals take their name from Norwegian word " r�yrkval ", meaning " furrow whale ".
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| 16. | Amongst the shipping lost to mines laid by " Rorqual " were the Italian merchants"
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| 17. | Rorquals feed by gulping in water, and then pushing it out through the baleen plates with their tongue.
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| 18. | These grooves are less numerous ( usually 14 22 ) than in other rorquals, but are fairly wide.
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| 19. | Euro-American whalers were now equipped to hunt faster and more powerful species, such as the rorquals.
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| 20. | Among rare visitors to the archipelago, there are other species of penguins, killer whales, and rorquals.
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