WHAT IS BALEEN? WHAT WHALES FEED THIS WAY?
CLUE : THEY HAVE TWO BLOW HOLES on the tops of their heads NOT JUST ONE!
Excerpts: ... 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' favorite prey from seawater inside their mouths. Baleen is made out of keratin, the same protein that makes up our fingernails and hair. The baleen of the bowhead whale can be 4 metres long...
.... Some baleen whales including the humpback, minke, fin and blue, have clearly visible throat grooves which allow their mouths and throats to expand and balloon out as they gulp monstrous-sized mouthfuls of seawater and food...
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