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Ancient Baleen Whales Had a Mouthful

Ancient Baleen Whales Had a Mouthful

A strange phenomenon happens with modern blue whales, humpback whales and gray whales: they have teeth in the womb but are born toothless. Replacing the teeth is baleen, a series of plates composed of thin, hair- and fingernail-like structures growing from the roof of…

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