How Rorqual Whales Feed (IMAGE)

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How Rorqual Whales Feed

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To eat, rorqual whales open their mouths and lunge while their tongues invert and their mouths fill like giant water balloons full of floating prey. The whales' nerves are stretchy so they can withstand the tissue deformation.

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Vogl et al./<i>Current Biology</i> 2015

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