image: http://www.greenhumour.com/2012/10/say-baleen.html Baleen These plates act as a filter for the bowhead whale and never stop growing throughout their lives, but are constantly fraying and breaking off The baleen allows water to flow out in between plates, but catch the small plankton, shrimp and other small animals they eat Because of their size they are almost always eating which is known as skim feeding or swimming with their mouths open The natives are still allowed to hunt them for subsistence living and will make jewellery or other trinkets from the baleen

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