Krill clogging baleen strainer disrupts fin whale dining

Filter-feeding fin whales expel colossal volumes of water through baleen strainers in their mouths when dining on krill, but new research published in Journal of Experimental Biology shows that krill clogging the baleen could be a problem for the massive mammals, slowing water leaving their mouths to a 0.02m/s dribble unless they can keep the baleen clear. Then the whales can expel the water in just 31s to keep diving for dinner.

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