Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants
- Written by Felix Georg Marx, Post doctoral research fellow in evolutionary biology, Monash University
A life-like reconstruction of _Llanocetus denticrenatus_, the second oldest "baleen" whale ever found.Carl Buell, CC BY-SA
The largest living whales – including the gigantic 30-metre blue whale – are fast predatory hunters that support their massive bodies by filtering large volumes of tiny prey from cool near-polar waters. They do this...
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