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Bookmark or Share- Bowhead Whale - OceanaBowhead whales, known for their large, bow-shaped lower jar, have the largest baleen plates of any whale! Learn more about how to protect this species and its habitat.
- Bowhead Whale - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bioThe Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale and the only living representative of the genus Balaena. They are the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters and are named after their characteristic massive triangular skull, which they use to break through Arctic ice.
- Bowhead whale - WikipediaThe bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus Balaena. It is the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and subarctic waters, and is named after its characteristic massive triangular skull, which it uses to break through Arctic ice.
- Bowhead whale - IWCFound in both northern Atlantic and Pacific waters, the species has evolved thick skin and blubber for insulation and a source of energy reserves, an enormous, strong and bowed head that can break through ice up to 1m thick, and an ability to stay under water for over an hour at a time to swim beneath the ice 1,2.
- Bowhead Whale | Whale Watching HandbookFound in both northern Atlantic and Pacific waters, the species has evolved thick skin and blubber for insulation and a source of energy reserves, an enormous, strong and bowed head that can break through ice up to 1 m thick, and an ability to stay under water for over an hour at a time to swim beneath the ice 1,2.
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