Adult
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Open mouth, showing baleen plates
Topside, adult
Calf
Fluking
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Chin variations
Characteristic double-humped surface profile
Blow, which is tall and bushy and V-shaped, up to 7m high
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Dive sequence
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Breaching
Baleen plate, maximum 5.2m long
Flipper
Surfacing, showing distinctive strongly arched mouthline
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