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North Atlantic Right Whale
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North Atlantic Right Whale Description |
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North Atlantic
Right Whale is typically uniformly dark in color except
for scars, belly patches, parasites and head excrescences
or callosities, most of which are light. Callosities
are prominent on the rostrum, near blowholes, near eyes,
and on the chin and lower lip. These large crusty growths
often harbor crustaceans called whale lice, and may
therefore appear white, orange, yellow, or pink. Hair
can be found on the tips of the chin and upper jaw and
is also associated with the callosities. Right whales
have no dorsal fin, nor do they have the grooved throat.
The flippers are very broad and short. |
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