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Bowhead Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The bowhead whale is a species of the right whale family Balaenidae, in suborder Mysticeti and genus Balaena.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowhead_whale
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ADW: Bowhead - Balaena mysticetus
Balaena mysticetus is the second largest whale in the world, second only to the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) . The name "bowhead" comes from their bow-shaped mouth.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaena_mysticetus/
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Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus - MarineBio
Find out what's known about Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, Mammalia, Cetacea, Balaenidae, including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=278
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Bowhead Whale - Balaena mysticetus - ARKive
Learn more about the Bowhead whale - with amazing Bowhead whale videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/bowhead-whale/balaena-mysticetus/
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Bowhead Whale Migration and Social Structure - Whale Facts
Bowhead whales are very solitary animals often traveling alone or in small pods of up to six other whales.
http://www.whalefacts.org/bowhead-whale-facts/
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Bowhead Whale Genes Offer Hints to Longer Life Spans
Researchers have charted the bowhead whale's genome in a search for genes that fight off aging.
http://www.livescience.com/49320-bowhead-whale-genome-sequenced.html
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How Bowhead's Became the World's Oldest Mammal
A giant bowhead whale caught off the coast of Alaska had a harpoon point embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt Â- more than a century ago.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461703/Whale-survives-harpoon-attack-130-years-ago-worlds-oldest-mammal.html
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Bowhead Whales Live Over 200 Years - ABC News
Modern harpoon points are made of steel but the ones found in the bowhead were made of ivory and stone, which haven't been used since the 1880's.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=99422
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Everything To Know About Bowhead Whales - WWF
The bowhead whale is a predominantly Arctic species. It has suffered from severe over-exploitation that has seen its range shrink considerably since the 17th Century.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/right_whales/bowhead_whale/
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Bowhead Whale - NOAA
Bowhead whale are mysticetes, which means they have "baleen" plates instead of teeth for filtering food out of the ocean.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/bowheadwhale.htm
