These whales' massive heads and jaws accommodate hundreds of baleen “teeth.” Rights and other baleen-feeding whales use a comblike strainer of baleen plates and bristles to ensnare tiny ...

“For instance, humpback whales are filter feeders, meaning they have hundreds of plates of baleen in their mouth instead of teeth.” “But baleen whales do grow teeth in the womb. Those teeth will be re ...

are classified as "toothed whales" because they have teeth. Baleen whales, on the other hand, have large, comb-like "baleen ...