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Do whales have teeth?
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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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False killer whale
A false killer whale is a type of toothed whale. It has simple conical teeth that...
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Sperm whales
A sperm whale is a type of toothed whale and is equipped with a lower jaw that typically...
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Young gray whale
Gray whales, like other baleen whales, do not have teeth but rather baleen plates,...
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