| 31. | Silk plain weave with supplementary weft-float patterning, stiffened with baleen.
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| 32. | The humpback whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder.
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| 33. | Baleen baskets are typically embellished with walrus ivory carvings.
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| 34. | About 250 pairs of baleen plates hang from top of huge, yawning mouth.
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| 35. | 205 to 270 pairs of black baleen in mouth
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| 36. | The baleen system works by whale opening its mouth underwater and taking in water.
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| 37. | Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others.
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| 38. | These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale.
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| 39. | The transition from teeth to baleen is proposed to have occurred reabsorbing of teeth.
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| 40. | The killer whales of Old Tom, would assist whalers in hunting baleen whales.
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