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Bryde’s whale
Bryde’s whale
(Balaenoptera edeni)
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Aerial view of a Bryde's whale
© Patricio Robles Gil / naturepl.com
Bryde's whale showing three head ridges
© Todd Pusser / naturepl.com
Bryde's whale head showing distinctive characteristics
© Centre for Dolphin Studies / StillPictures.com
Bryde's whale head just below surface
© Robert L. Pitman / SeaPics.com
Bryde's whale underwater
© Centre for Dolphin Studies / StillPictures.com
Bryde's whale swimming underwater
© Doc White / SeaPics.com
Bryde's water surfacing for air
© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Bryde's whale showing dorsal fin
© François Gohier / www.ardea.com
Bryde's whale breaching
© D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / www.ardea.com
Bryde's whale feeding
© Christopher Swann / StillPictures.com
Bryde's whale feeding
© Doug Perrine / SeaPics.com
Bryde's whale dives through baitball of sardines
© Doug Perrine / naturepl.com
Bryde's whale feeding on school of Australian anchovies
© Mike Osmond / www.ardea.com
Great white shark feeding on dead Bryde's whale
© C & M Fallows / SeaPics.com
Brydes' whale washed up on beach
© Ingrid N. Visser / SeaPics.com
Bryde's whale skeleton on beach
© D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Auscape International
Bryde's whale vertebrae on beach
© D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Auscape International
Close up of Bryde's whale baleen
© D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Auscape International
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