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What Are Humpback Whales Teeth Called?

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What Are Humpback Whales Teeth Called? Mysticeti whales don’t have any teeth at all, instead they have something called baleen. Do humpback whales have teeth? Diet. Humpback whales are baleen whales. Rather than teeth, they have 270 to 400 fringed overlapping plates hanging down from each side of the upper jaw, called baleen plates. …

Do All Whales Have Baleen Plates?

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Do All Whales Have Baleen Plates? Do all whales have baleen plates? All baleen whales have baleen instead of teeth which they use to collect shrimp-like krill, plankton and small fish from the sea. These bristly baleen plates filter, sift, sieve or trap the whales’ favourite prey from seawater inside their mouths. Which whales are