| 21. | Sent to the Mediterranean in 1940, " Rorqual " began laying minefields and attacking enemy shipping.
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| 22. | Though badly damaged, the floating battery opened fire and forced the " Rorqual " to dive.
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| 23. | In 1999 and 2000, an unidentified species of rorqual was repeatedly seen in the waters of Komodo National Park.
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| 24. | Gestation in rorquals lasts 11 12 months, so that both mating and birthing occur at the same time of year.
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| 25. | Despite its name, the pygmy right whale is more genetically similar to rorquals and gray whales than to right whales.
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| 26. | Omura's whales, one of the least known of rorquals have been confirmed to range waters within the park.
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| 27. | Rorqual Balaenids ( right whales and bowhead whales ) have massive heads that can make up 40 % of their body mass.
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| 28. | Because rorquals sank when they died, later versions of the exploding harpoon injected air into the carcass to keep it afloat.
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| 29. | This collision punched a hole in the " Endurance " but did not damage the " Rorqual ".
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| 30. | Rorquals are slender and streamlined in shape, compared with their relatives the right whales, and most have narrow, elongated flippers.
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