Physical Description
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· They are blue-black in color, except for lower jaw which is usually marked with white spots contrasting with the rest of the body.
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· The name comes from their bow-shaped mouth.
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· The lower jaw makes a U-shape around the upper jaw
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Their name comes from bow shaped mouth
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Baleen in the mouth is the largest of any cetacean with 300 baleen plates measuring 300-450 centimeters in vertical length
General Characteristics
Head to Body Length : 60 feet ( 18.3 m )
Fin length
Pectoral flipper : Small pectoral fin in size
Fluke : 27 feet ( 8.1 meters )
Range: They are found in Northern Hemisphere and Arctic Seas
They migrate north to Baffin Bay-Davis Straight, and Hudson Bay
The two in the North Pacific are found in the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort.
Habitat: Arctic Ocean and Adjacent seas
Diet. : Eats small fish, crustaceans, squid , and other tiny organisms.
Status: Endangered, There are now 8,000 -12,000 remaining in the wild only
Reason for status: habitat loss, ship strikes, and environmental change
Gestation : 12 -16 YEARS
Longevity: 40 YEARS