Cetaceans - Marine Biology

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Baleen teeth

________: allows animals to "filter feeds.

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Cetacea

What are predominantly adapted to marine life, can not survive on land at all? Answer with a single words or term.

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Cetaceans

________ are white, black, gray, bluish- gray, or pink in color, many are spotted, mottled, streaked, or boldly patterned.

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Dorsal blowhole

Their adaptations can be seen through characteristics such as: ________: allows animals to breathe.

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Ceteaceans keystone species

________ is the blue whale.

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Blue

________ whales help to keep the number of krill and phytoplankton in balance.

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Cetaceans

________ provide a greater understanding of brain functioning in intelligent /social animals.

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Cetaceans

________ known for breathing through the blowhole on top of their head.

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Cetaceans

________ are relatively known for their extremely efficient lungs and circulatory system, which allows them to dive for extended periods of time, allowing them to use about 12 % of the oxygen they inhale compared to 4 % used by terrestrial mammals.

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