Its bulbous head contains the spermaceti organ. Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale. Tail flukes are horizontal rather than vertical. The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which oil is obtained. The elastic, horny material forming the fringed plates that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales and strain plankton from the water.
Baleen plates enable whales to harvest plankton.
A large school of fish or marine mammals. An opening for breathing, located on the top of the head of cetaceans such as whales and dolphins. The blowhole moved to the top of the head. A school of marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins or seals. The annual migration of any whale is synchronized with mating patterns.