How Does Whale Baleen Work?
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2022
- In this video I explain how whale baleen works.
This is whale baleen from a humpback whale.
#shorts
Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Наука та технологія
"It looks like a filter."
"Acts as a filter."
Fascinating *Snaps picture*
the word ."Baleen" comes from "Baleine" that is the french name for "Whale"
@@caliguladeux les anglais sont pas les seuls avec des mots qui, ont dirait ont inspiré d'autre language !
@@caliguladeux (unrelated to last comment) baleen sounds fancy contrary to baleine
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck…
Anything that exists:
HUMAN: “Sniff”
Make sure you add the “Edit: People will bitch about anything on the internet” when enough people reply
When received my semen analysis results, they said that it smells like chestnut blossom 🌸.
@@trymai_kavun Точно нет. Она пахнет перекисью водорода и хлоркой
@@trymai_kavunточно нет. Она пахнет перекисью водорода и хлоркой
Seriously especially food tho clothes too🤣
the whale:
“those damn humans done snatched my teeth”😂
😂😂😂😂
Unfortunately, the whale doesn’t have enough money to afford dentures. I’m starting a gofundme to get this whale the dentures it deserves
😂😂😂
I read this in a voice of a southern old lady 😂😂😂
"OOOOOH, HE BIT ME WITH MY OWN TEETH!"
"Its hard and stiff, and kinda smells like cat food"
I've heard that a few times.
😂😂😂 ewwww
I've said that a few times.
They keep giggling-schmiggling at me & leave.
😶 I don't get it. Someone explain pls
@@equityjustice2695 The person is talking about their genitals, I'm talking about.
Actual factual lol. 🤌😹
I was thinking about baleen before I fell asleep last night and ended up dreaming about wondering what the heck baleen even is. Then I woke up to this! Baleen is made of keratin right?
Yes it's made of Keratin.
It feels a lot like cow fur in stiffness!. I don't know what exactly it is homologous too, but I do know it is not a tooth. My guess is it's modified whiskers.
Wow it really is made out of the sane stuff as our nails... wack lol
i actually also thought about baleen yesterday and now i see this..
@@LolBoontai because ✨ *GOD* ✨
"ahhh, you got some krill stuck in your baleen there."
"Thanks, I hate it when that happens."
More like “I love it when it happens!” Lol
more like *whales talking*
I thought it was the largest eyelash in the world for a bit
@@upsidedownv1nceoh god 🤣🤣
I’m crying 😭😂
“And kind of smells like cat food…”
Cat food company CEO: “hahaha, yeah, isn’t that JUST a weird coincidence, hahahaha”
Lol
*nervously sweating 😂😂😂
You missed the 'hard and stiff' part too
😂😂😂
I'll admit, I wasn't curious about what it smelled like, but I'm glad you included that.
“Hold on, I’ve got some hair in my teeth… oh wait, it’s just my teeth”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"I've got a few teeth stuck in my hair, lemme get it out real quick"
@@BatkoBrat legend says he is still trying to get it out.
Hahahaha after sending the kelp and snail soup back twice.🥣🐋
Hahaha 😆
"Maybe they're born with it,
Maybe it's whale baleen"
loooooooooooool
😂😂😂
**MASSIVELY UNDERRATED COMMENT**
Your whack
I feel kind of dorky for laughing out loud at this 😂
The whale that donated his whole baleen is a legend (edit): TYSM FOR 65 LIKESSSS
How did this even evolve like this, I can't imagine the mutations along the way
Baleen is made from the same material as hair and skin so it very rarely fossilises so it's evolution isn't completely understood. Whales at one point had teeth, but when the Antarctic broke off from gondwana to form the Antarctic circumpolar current, the number of prey available in oceans increased. around this time some whales changed strategies from using their teeth to kill singular prey, to using their tongue to suck in water so they can feed on multiple fish at the same time (still with teeth). The problem though is that they can't just swallow all that water so they have to let some of it out without letting the fish out. One idea is that baleen originally formed as a sort of keratinous filling between the teeth, to reduce the size of the holes fish could potentially escape through. Over time the structure of the keratin became more intricate, while the whales lost their teeth, until you're left with modern day baleen. Another idea is the keratin in their gums might've been serving an entirely different purpose, but when switching to suction feeding it was repurposed into baleen. Another idea is that rather than just switching to suction feeding there was some kind of intermediary strategy that used suction but not as as their main method of hunting, perhaps only to keep the prey from escaping once caught. Or maybe it's a combination of all of these. Again, baleen is essentially specialised skin, so fossils of this stuff are extremely rare, so we only have proposed mechanisms and no confirmed ones.
No wonder nemo’s dad couldn’t get through.
No replies? Lemme fix that
Omg facts
👍
Yep I thought he could’ve just swam through it like hair but I was wrong.
He was swimming thru a wall this whole time not a brush
I immediately thought car air filter
"it's hard and stiff"
"Tangled hairy mess"
i don't even know anymore
😒 you're nasty
You do know there are sites for that kind of thing? What about the, "smells like cat food", part? Was that your happy ending? 😂😂😂
Then clean it !!
Eyelashes in 2040:
If the eyelashes are big in 2040, then the humans should’ve been bigger in 2040
ua-cam.com/users/shortsOqdmXFo0Chs?si=w7IbskkOqAQi3iWF too late 😂
@@ALoserK wtf bru
💀
@@WilliameTheMonkehmonke
Strangely, It reminds me of a mango seed
Oh yes you are right
@@Pikachu-ls5qy Never thought I’d find someone with a similar Profile Picture!
Oml you’re right lol
lmao that’s what i was thinking too
Huh, yeah I can see that.
Normal people: that’s actually quite fascinating
Me: forbidden toothbrush
Brush your teeth with teeth!
Crazy these things went from land animals to perfect adaptations like this
Aint no way he sniffed it💀
Lmao
You should always do a sniff test
for science
u always need someone to sacrifice
🤣🤣🤣😭🤦🏾♂️
I remember drinking orange juice as a kid with my teeth closed to filter the pulp out and I’d always feel like a whale
Omg this comment makes me so happy I did/do this too but didn’t know if others did. Knew others did it
@@Audreyperson37 I’m glad to hear this made you happy
I filter lemon pulps like this 😂
I eat toothpaste
@@wetshart5860 very good
You got a like and another subscriber! Keep it up, short but detailed! 👍
I love seeing these short clips that have a ton of good info. Thank You
So it kinda looks like a giant eye lash extension 😅
came to say the same🤣🤣🤣
Yas
🤣🤣🤣💯
Or the clown ITs hair but not orange enough.
This humpback whale was named shaniqua
It’s basically highly specialized keratin in the place of teeth for filter feeding.
Weird how keratin is always used as natures multitool material.
@@TheDJOblivionnatures plastic sort of
God truly is the best designer
@zechariahcifuentes7002 yeah interesting!!!
@@humzaalam4072 why is there always 1 person who just has to mention God
Only god could think of something so complex put so perfect for a whale
He just shaved the Lorax for that 💀
This is like the biologist version of NileRed
Needs more jar breaking.
Not getting the teenage homosexual vibes though...
That’s exactly who I was thinking of too
evenanimalspecimens..
"This is bromine"
"This is baleen"
This is one of those rare 'not a complete waste of your time' shorts, fair game my good man
Right!?
Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus Christ?
In your opinion
@@connorlancaster7541 ofc
@@Silentef Praise the lord he is beautiful. Do you obey Jesus?
Im always waiting for the “but i was wrong” it gets me every time💀
I thought it was a giant eyelash at first
that transition was so clean i had to watch it again to make sure my eyes weren't tricking me again
@@ahmedn3555 there was no ending pause tho so that's cool I guess
@@ThatNoobKing I mean, it might be cool if the purpose wasn't to literally trick people into giving more views
@@TheTuttle99 fair judgment? I think?
It's just cutting a video in the middle and putting the first half in the back and the last half in the front.
“Baleen, baleen, baleen baleeeeeen. I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.
-Dolly Parton
So glad someone typed this out, I also started humming Jolene as soon as he said it lol
This is criminally underated
That’s the goddammed best comment I read all week. I will not have the urge to comment on anything else today. Thank you
- the krill
@@otek_ same 😭
"It's hard and stiff, and kinda smells like cat food"
**Sighs**
**Checks comments in disappointment**
Thank you for explaining how things smell, very few people do it and that's how my brain learns and remembers details the best!
I thought we learned this in finding Nemo or am I trippin
Yes.
My stupid as* childhood doesn't learn anything from that movie🤦🏻♂️
We learn that it's like a brush, but its really like lasagna with hair on the side
I learned this in octonauts dude
@@KartoonKenz
LET'S GOOOOO
“Kinda smells like cat food” I don’t know why I started to laugh so hard…
Edit: wow…never ever thought I’d get this much likes!
🤭Same🤷🏽♂️
Oh, I didn’t.
Same. 😆
No i dont understand...ha..ha....ha..
😐😐😐😐😐
BRUH I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TOOTH😭💀
Bros nose was sniffing hard 💀
For a second I thought these are the fake eyelashes my wife glues on 😂 😂
Doh!!!😅
Ohh 🤣🤣
Aah 😅🤣
lol
O my dam😂
“It’s hard and stiff, and kinda smells like catfood” no need to humiliate me 💀
XD
@@leechrec 😭
Whale things
You did that yourself just now with this comment
Ew
Imagine combing it.
"I shall brush my teeth, then comb my teeth."
I didn't know whales ate the Lorax!
"It's hard, and stiff, and kinda smells like cat food."
That's what she said! 😏
If it has an odor you should probably have that checked out my guy.
make sure you bury the cat
@@scorpionwins6378or just shower regularly dudes today be musty
Just because my erectile disfunction and excessive discharge may resemble the smell of a freshly mangled walrus fetus stuck in the gross filter maw of a whale doesn’t mean anything! Okay!? God please someone I’ll do anything 😭😭😭
Now imagine getting a popcorn kernel shell stuck in THAT.
I love how he always has the actual physical object he’s presenting
“My whale’s breath smells like cat food”
My cat food smells like whales breath
@@staypositive5718 there ya go 👉🏾
That’s what you called honeymoons breath 😳😜🤣🤦🏻♂️
I read this in ralphs voice lol
@@Nonse7seCongratulations on comprehending the joke.
"I thought Baleen was a bunch of string or hair" I thought it was their teeth my whole life.
SAME😭
Same!! It's tripping me out
Came here to say the same thing 😭😭😭 i feel dumb
That's freaking hilarious 😂
Same
It's actually neat seeing baleen up close.
“Baleen, baleen, baleen, ba-leeen! I’m begging you please don’t take my krill!”
It's 1:20AM. This is exactly what I needed
Me to i am watching at 1.00 am in the future
IT WAS 12:20 EXACTLY WHEN I READ THIS
The time is 1:40 here brothers
I hear ya it's 1:32 did you know it smells like cat food 😂😂😂😂I came here to find this information now I can sleep
1:19 here
Random whale: Alright can I have my teeth back?
Edit: “DAD IM FAMOU-dad, where are you? “
Not teeth at all. Only toothed whales have real teeth like orcas, dolphins, belugas and narwals.
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse thanks Captain 🧑✈️ Obviously
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse basically not whales
@@Specchar basically whales. Belugas are called white whales, orcas are called killer whales. All those cetaceans are called toothed whales because they are whales and have real teeth. The big whales have baleen. Baleen is not a tooth or a set of teeth. They're more like hair or bristles.
@@suprememasteroftheuniverse also known as dolphins
Is it just me or was that the cleanest transition I've seen in a while?! 😅
I love your videos. TY
10/10 would brush my hair with it
I wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't been used for that before
Yayy cat food hair
Tooth brush*
10/10 would get tangled in your hair.
Whole new meaning to toothbrush
FYI when you read that corsets back in the day were made of whale bone, they’re actually referring to Baleen. They never used anything that wasn’t flexible. With the heat of the body baleen forms to it and makes a perfect mimic of the body so you’re fully supported.
wow 😳 interesting 🤔
i loooove your channel sooooooooo much!!!!!
Need more of this guy in my feed imma comment on every video
The contrast between the yellow Baylen, the blue gloves, and blue background is awesome
Smh. From all that was presented you go for the colors. Smh. If you are in or went to a university, that was a waste
Bro your account is less then a week old. Are you a bot? lmao @@JosephWallace-xo8sg
@@JosephWallace-xo8sg😐
@@JosephWallace-xo8sgbro let the guy think
@JosephWallace-xo8sg what would you point out, oh God of wisdom?
“Smells like cat food”
I’ve never considered what a whale’s breath would smell like, and now I know it’s horrible 💀
Om sayin🤣🤣🤣
Im just saying, its a fish. Cats eat fish. Cat food is usually fish infused.
@@breadloafREVO Whales are not fish, but mammals.
@@user-bs4qu7tb2g u dumbass moron he was saying that catfood consists of fish
Whales eat fish which is why their breath smells like cat food. look at the comment again stupid dipshit!
@@user-bs4qu7tb2gmammals that eat fish
“No whales were harmed to make this video”
Baelin: "goodmorning! nice day for fishin' ain't it?"
Ah another VLDL connoisseur I see!
“Its hard, stiff and smells like cat food.”
Like my co-
@@GorgeousFaustinaI just said that too
💀🤣
literally my peni-
Sounds like a fun time
The whale: "damn give it back"
It’s my first time ever heard of this word “baleen” thanks ❤
I always wondered how it worked. Thanks.
"it's hard, stiff, and smells like cat food"
Same...
Wha-
That's what she said
@@LisaAnn777 that is not what she said…
What have you been doing with your cat food!?!?!
no wonder all my cat food has a hole in the middle of them
I’m honestly so happy they told us what it smelled like, it’s a question that isn’t usually answered cause it’s considered weird for some reason
Smells like that probably because they ate fish/ krill there whole lives
Right, now I can rest easy knowing whale breath probably smells like meow-mix.
Yea. I would have smelled it to but cat food smells very dif depending on what brand and ingredients so I wish it was more descriptive. It's like saying it smells like fast food.
Exactly, as someone with a very sensitive nose, smell is actually really important to know ab- 😭😭
am I wrong in this? but don't all sea animals smell like that to a certain degree?
I'm pretty sure Finding Nemo taught us what we need to know about this
Why did I always think those were teeth 😭😩 you learn something new everyday 🙌🏾
I learned so many things from this short I’m not even kidding
Very interesting 👌 Thank you 👍
I always wondered how that works.
Same. I learned a lot from this.
Im surprised by how much I knew. Where did I even learn? Science class?
I mean c’mon, that smell test was needed for people like me😂
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO KNOW!
Do you think it smells like cat food or seafood’ish ?
When I was younger I thought it was just weak teeth.
First time I see someone actually show me this thing up close
“This is Bayleen from a humpback whale” hey put that back he needs that
This is sarcasm
I complain when there’s a hair in my food… idk if I could deal with a whole lions mane of hair in my sensitive ass mouth
that's why you're not a whale.
you ever shot water out of your mouth between a gap in your teeth? That's how I imagine it feels for the whale. but all those bristles, yeah, a furry mouth? no thanks
@@alderblanco2362 nah that’s some weird shit. You must have some sandy cheeks ass teeth to do that
On the other hand I imagine the whale saying "I can't imagine having marbles in my mouth that can hurt real bad if not thick enough" lol
@@ivyme5783 lmao 😂
Now I realised that Belinda's lock did not become the star but landed up on the whales teeth.
"You ever drink Baleen from a shoe?" - Old Greg, probably
You have to be amazed how such a giant creature only eats things that are smaller than your hand.
i wouldn't want it any other way. now imagine that huge, and eats the size of humans.
maximum kills
@@phantompepperoni7235 Maximum krils
@@erkling5865 orca
Whales just be drinking smoothies all day.
"dad! Why is moms fake eye lashes on the phone"
😂
👁🗨👄👁🗨
💀
@Using 💀 for likes this is why your dad left you💀💀💀
@Using 💀 for likes ?
Finding Nemo is what put the inception of a "Whales mouth" in my brain as a kid, otherwise I don't think I'd think too much about it😂😂
This the best loop ever
Ty for telling us how it smells. I'm weird about having to smell things 😅 and my first thought was, "i want to smell that!"
Disgusting
@@NonProphetz thanks
You must be a Smart fella 😏
Noooo....I thought, Ok, that weird, so a Whales breath smells like cat food...but what are we talking here?? Wet fish filled cat food? Dry moist (lol) cat food that has more of a meaty playdough scent....?? WHAT KIND of cat food???!! Sigh, he totally left us hanging!
@@Em22-wtf im gonna guess the fish one
subscribed at ‘smells like cat food’ bc that’s the type of science i appreciate
this will soon be featured on some Black woman's head 🤦🏿♂️
Does any other sciense even matter, am i right?
@@negative949damn you bitter
@@negative949this reply lit has nothing to do with ops comment
@@negative949Yolanda 😂
Blonde haired client when the lash tech is finished:
damn imagine how many micro plastics a whale eats everytime it does that
I've always been amazed that something SO big survives on something so small!!
I've always seen it more as them not exactly eating the krill but the krill swarms. Like, for us, it would be like us surviving on a burger rather than the molecules of a burger.
@@jdantas6612 I think a more realistic comparison is humans eating bugs. Bugs are very nutritious despite being so small, much smaller than that the smallest of animals a human can eat. You would think humans would not be able to survive on bugs alone since they are so small and humans are big, but there are millions of bugs in the planet, many more bugs than all other animals in the world combined, we would run out of beef and chicken before we ran out of bugs. Same thing with whales eating krill, krill is small but it's one of the most plentiful food sources in the ocean.
funny how you say small because theyre animals, nobody would say the same for an elephant or big herbivores im general
@unapologetic cosmos Except have you seen how much an elephant can eat in one bite? A watermelon isn't anywhere NEAR a mouthful for a hippo either.
Well, they do eat a literal ton each day, it’s not that hard to believe tbh
Every else: ohhh it’s like a filter!
Me: *IS THAT THE LORAX?*
😂
Nahh man it’s Donald Trump
NOOOO!!! They Also Processed Lorax into a specimen!!!
Stoop ahhs.
Lollllllllllllllll
i’d pay for some asmr with this
i actually always wondered how they filter food through such thick strands. I didn't know they push it with their tongue! Super cool!
"Its hard and stiff and kinda smells like cat food"
I've heard that before
ayo what?! 😂
🤣👌
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😝😝😝🐋🐳🐳🐳🐋
STOP 😂
Me casually watching this while ignoring my missed tests
Me 2
My bed time. Damnit
Guess they're gonna filter you out.
Bro I got Hughes bet too bro
It's 6am and my exam is at 9am
Imagine whales needing to floss
I always wondered if it was more similar to bristles or some sort of crest. Thank you greatly for answering my age old question!
Finally that one scene in Finding Nemo makes sense.
Believe it or not I was thinking tht exact same scene. People say there's no use in watching cartoons but I guess I learned a lot too😂😂😂😉.
I just learned more about WHALES than I ever did in school, what a shame
If you went to school in America, you shouldn't be surprised by that. Learned far more in a year after all twelve in school.
you must not have paid attention in class then
you gotta go to whale school to learn about whales
Unless you took a marine biology class, why would you?
Yeah what a shame the place that’s supposed to prepare you to think and work and do shit didn’t prepare you for whales 😢
Not me thinking he was holding a big ass eyelash😂
Influencers eyelashes:
True😂😂
lol 😂😂 - mental picture of some Drag Queen struggling to strut down the runway with two of those attached to their head 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Underrated comment
@@AndybloxTS thanks lol
Lmao
I think a rematch would be dope. Justin recently came out and said he maybe wasn't in the right spot mentally for it to access that primal part of him that he needs to fight. Now that he knows what Max is capable of, you better believe he's gonna find that primal part of him.
Cleanest loop I've seen in awhile
One more like
Yeah seriously its been a good minute since ive seen a loop this smooth
A clean loop
lol, my thoughts exactly
Not really a good one man you haven't watched videos if you say so