gulp feeding

animal behavior

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occurrence in cetaceans

  • Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).
    In rorqual

    …into the throat and make gulp-feeding practical (see cetacean: Feeding adaptations).

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  • species of whales
    In cetacean: Feeding

    In gulp feeding, the whale opens its mouth to take in a huge mouthful of water, closes its mouth, strains the water out through the baleen apparatus along the sides of the mouth, and swallows its prey. Gulp feeding is common in rorquals, which have ventral…

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