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.