Bryde’s whale  (Balaenoptera edeni)

Aerial view of a Bryde's whale

© Patricio Robles Gil / naturepl.com

Bryde's whale showing three head ridges

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Bryde's whale head showing distinctive characteristics

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Bryde's whale head just below surface

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Bryde's whale underwater

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Bryde's whale swimming underwater

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Bryde's whale underwater

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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

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Bryde's whale feeding

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Bryde's whale dives through baitball of sardines

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Bryde's whale feeding on school of Australian anchovies

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Great white shark feeding on dead Bryde's whale

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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