#Balaenopteridae

[inatungulates]

Eden's whale "Balaenoptera" edeni

With menhaden Brevoortia sp.

Observed by haitongyu, CC BY-NC

[snototter]

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaches in Monterey Bay, California

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Got milk? The blue whale sure does! Blue whale calves can drink up to 200 L (52 gal) of milk a day, every day for 6-8 months. Due to the milk's high fat content (35-50% fat), these calves gain weight extremely fast-- a single nursing calf can put on 10 lbs an hour!

(Image: A mother blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and her calf by Whale Watch Western Australia)

[iicraft505]

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

justinamartelli

[sundove88]

One of my favorite animals ever.

Secrets of the Whales (2021) Episode 2: Humpback Songs

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

[mysticetus]

thank you chimera for making my whale poll a reality bc i dont have the feature yet

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Word List: Animals

for your next poem/story (pt. 2)

Accentor - a small Eurasian songbird with generally drab-colored plumage

Brach - a female hound

Culver - a dove or pigeon

Diprotodon - a monotypic genus of Australian Pleistocene herbivorous marsupials related to the kangaroos, resembling a rhinoceros in size, and walking on four legs

Eyas - an unfledged bird, specifically: a nestling hawk

Falanouc - (or Falanaka) a viverrine mammal, Eupleres goudotii, of Madagascar closely related to the Asiatic palm civet

Gerenuk - a large-eyed antelope (Litocranius walleri) of eastern Africa with a long neck and limbs

Huemul - (or Guemal) either of two small South American deer, Hippocamelus bisulcus and H. antisiensis, having simple forked antlers

'I'iwi - Hawaiian honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea) with chiefly bright vermilion plumage formerly used in making feather cloaks

Jerboa - any of several social nocturnal jumping rodents (family Dipodidae) of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa having a long tail and long hind legs

Kinkajou - a nocturnal arboreal omnivorous mammal (Potos flavus) found from Mexico to South America that is related to the raccoon and has a long prehensile tail, large eyes, and yellowish brown fur

Leveret - a hare in its first year

Murre - any of a genus (Uria) of black-and-white alcids, especially: a common seabird (U. aalge) of northern seas

Nyala - an antelope (Tragelaphus angasii) of southeastern Africa with vertical white stripes on the sides of the body, a dorsal crest of hair from the neck to the base of the tail, and in the male shaggy black hair along the underside; also: a related antelope (T. buxtoni) of Ethiopia

Olm - an elongated European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander (Proteus anguinus) with permanent external gills and small eyes covered by the skin

Pudu - a small reddish deer (Pudu pudu) of the Chilean Andes having simple antlers resembling spikes and standing only 12 or 13 inches high

Quarrion - cockatiel (i.e., a crested small gray Australian parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus, with a yellow head)

Rorqual - any of a family (Balaenopteridae) of large baleen whales that have relatively small heads, short, broad plates of baleen, and the skin of the throat marked with deep longitudinal furrows and that include the blue whale, humpback whale, minke whale, fin whale, and sei whale

Spatangid - a sea urchin of the suborder Spatangina; heart urchin

Turaco - any of a family (Musophagidae) of typically crested African birds that are related to the cuckoos and have a long tail, a short stout often colored bill, and red wing feathers

Urubu - black vulture (i.e., an American vulture, Coragyps atratus, that is smaller than the turkey buzzard and heavier in flight)

Vicuña - a long-necked mammal (Lama vicugna synonym Vicugna vicugna) of the Andes from Peru to Argentina that is related to but somewhat smaller than the guanaco, has a light brown woolly coat that is paler below, is considered to the be ancestor of the alpaca, and has been historically hunted for its wool and meat

Widgeon - any of several freshwater ducks (genus Mareca)

Xiphosura - an order of arthropods comprising the horseshoe crabs and extinct related forms and usually including only the two recent genera Limulus (synonym Xiphosurus) with representatives along the American coast of the Atlantic and Tachypleus with species along the Asiatic coast of the Pacific

Zokor - a burrowing rodent (Myotalpa aspalax) native to the Altai mountains that resembles a mole rat

More: Word Lists ⚜ Part 1

[ryuuka-balaen]

Gamers, I Am No Longer A Catgirl

instead, last night i streamed and revealed my new model&design, which i made entirely by hand

so now, I'm cutie Whalegirl!!

in following with this ive decided that i needed a last name for my streaming persona, for which ive decided to go with Balaen! its the first portion of the word of the cladistic family Balaenopteridae, which whales belong to. :)

ive been working through renaming and re-themeing all my accounts and things accordingly, so! this account is now called Ryuuka-Balaen, and my other links is now mostly the same being https://www.twitch.tv/ryuuka_balaen, https://www.youtube.com/@RyuukaBalaen, and https://twitter.com/ryuuka_balaen

finally, here's my new me in motion on stream! (though i was a little choppy due to subnautica eating all my pc's resources oopsies)

also, while streaming my chat brought me to a sorta revelation that i now look really similar in style to @gauntletqueen, whose model ive admired for years

[katborg82]

When you think of a whale, chances are this is the first one that comes to mind.

The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a member of the family Balaenopteridae, more commonly known as the Rorquals. These gorgeous animals can be found in oceans around the world. They feed in polar waters and migrate annually to breed and give birth in more tropical waters. Humpbacks can measure up to 56 feet long and can weigh up to 40 tons. Like other baleen whales, Humpbacks are filter feeders that typically feed on krill or small fish. Like many other whales, Humpbacks were targeted by the whaling industry, and were nearly hunted to extinction. Since the 1960s their numbers have multiplied significantly, however they are still threatened by ship strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.

[inatungulates]

Grey whale Eschrichtius robustus

Observed by susannespider, CC BY-NC-ND

[snototter]

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) off San Simeon pier, California, USA

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[tt-squid]

vote for the odontoceti whales here!

[iicraft505]

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

TK

[pdj-france]

SANTIAGO - Une gigantesque baleine bleue, considérée comme le plus grand animal de la planète, s'est échouée sur une plage du sud du Chili, certainement après être morte en mer, ont annoncé dimanche les autorités locales. Les habitants de la ville d'Ancud, sur l'île de Chiloé, ont repéré pour la première fois le mammifère marin géant samedi sur une plage de l'océan Pacifique à quelque 1 000 kilomètres au sud de la capitale Santiago. Des agents de l'agence nationale de la pêche chilienne Sernapesca, envoyés pour enquêter, ont confirmé que la carcasse était celle d'"un grand cétacé de la famille des Balaenopteridae", ont-ils posté sur la plateforme X anciennement dénommée Twitter. "Nous avons aidé à identifier le spécimen et, sur la base de preuves préliminaires, il s'agit d'un rorqual bleu", a également ajouté l'agence. Le directeur régional de Sernapesca, Cristian Hudson, a affirmé aux médias locaux que "compte tenu de son état, la baleine a dû mourir en mer il y a quelque temps et a dérivé dans cet état". Les groupes environnementaux ont noté que les eaux de la région sont fortement utilisées par l'industrie de la pêche et le trafic maritime, et ils ont appelé à une enquête pour déterminer si la créature a été victime d'une collision. D'après le Centre non gouvernemental de conservation des cétacés (CCC) du Chili, la famille des Balaenopteridae, ou rorquals, comprend une variété d'espèces, allant du petit rorqual de neuf mètres à la baleine bleue - qui, jusqu'à 30 mètres, est présentée comme le plus grand animal sur Terre. AFP

[terranlifeform]

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Johnstone Strait, Canada

Tim Melling