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Do whales have teeth?: Quick Facts

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A false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) with its head above water and mouth open, showing its teeth in a vertical headshot against a rippling ocean surface.
A pod of sperm whales (Physeter catodon) swims close together near the surface of deep blue ocean water off the coast of Sao Miguel, Azores.
Close-up of a baby gray whale at the water's surface with its mouth open, showing the rows of white baleen plates inside.
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