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High-res Ever wonder what the inside of a baleen whale’s mouth looks like? This is a Bryde’s whale from the Sea of Cortez.
Photo by Doug Perrine
Shared by Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines. 
P.S. Mr. Bryde, for whom the whale is named, was from Norway so it’s pronounced “Brewde’s”. He was the Norwegian consul to South Africa and set up the first whaling station in Durban in 1908.  

Ever wonder what the inside of a baleen whale’s mouth looks like? This is a Bryde’s whale from the Sea of Cortez.

Photo by Doug Perrine

Shared by Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines

P.S. Mr. Bryde, for whom the whale is named, was from Norway so it’s pronounced “Brewde’s”. He was the Norwegian consul to South Africa and set up the first whaling station in Durban in 1908.