
Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants - Guest Work
Guest Author • May 14, 2018 •
Felix Georg Marx, Monash University and Robert Ewan Fordyce The largest living whales – including the gigantic 30-metre blue whale – are fast predatory hunters that support their massive bodies by filtering large volumes of tiny prey from cool near-polar waters. They do this using baleen: plates of a tough substance hanging from their upper jaw. Evidence … Read More