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Right Whale Feeding

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Copepods: Right Whale Food

This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.

Copepods: Right Whale Food :

This magnified photo provides a close-up look at copepods—tiny crustaceans that right whales feed on.

CREDIT: Mark Baumgartner/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Baleen Close Up

This may look like a mane of hair, but it’s actually baleen from a North Atlantic right whale.

Baleen Close Up:

This may look like a mane of hair, but it’s actually baleen from a North Atlantic right whale.

CREDIT: Michael Moore/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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