Baleen Whale
name: label: Discipline
content: Vertebrate Zoology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This a section of baleen plates from a baleen whale. The baleen plates hang in a row from the whales upper jaws and act as a filter to capture food. They are made of keratin, the same protein that makes up our hair and nails. The largest piece measures around 102 cm x 13.5 cm x 10 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Mar 2024
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Mysticeti
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404417
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti