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		<title>Behold the Spectacular Humpback Whale</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/behold-the-spectacular-humpback-whale/" title="Behold the Spectacular Humpback Whale" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="133" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hw1a-300x133.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="humpback whale" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hw1a-300x133.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hw1a-800x354.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hw1a-1180x520.jpg 1180w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hw1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>Known for their haunting, melodic songs and measuring about the length of a school bus, it&#8217;s the humpback whale. They get their namesake from the small hump on their back, just before their undersized dorsal fin and the way they arch their back, just before making a dive. These <a class="glossaryLink"  aria-describedby="tt"  data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;baleen&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Baleen is a fibrous substance that is found in the mouths of most species of &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;whales&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, which they utilize to filter food particles from the water. The baleen plates grow out of the jaw in the same way as teeth, but trap food in the mouth which the &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;whale&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt; then swallows.&#60;/div&#62;"  href="https://critter.science/glossary/baleen/"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>baleen</a> [&#8230;]</p>
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