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Baleen of North Atlantic right whales (NARW). (A) Rostrum of a living NARW, displaying edges of parallel baleen plates as used during filter-feeding of small prey near the water surface. (Photograph: Burgess/New England Aquarium, NMFS permit #14233.) (B) Excised baleen rack, showing the filament ‘fringe’ on the medial surface of baleen plates from an adult female NARW (Female 2 of this study). (Photograph: Moore/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution NOAA Permit 932-1905-00/MA009526.)
