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The only baleen I have seen was black. Has anyone else seen white baleen?
Yes. In Alaska, last summer, one of the tour boats had a large piece of
white baleen mounted on the overhead and a description of what it was...not
where it was gathered.
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In Alaska I saw baleen many, many times. The Alaskan Inupiat hunt bowhead
whales every year and are entitled to sell the baleen. Long pieces of baleen
displayed on living room walls is a common sight in Alaskan homes. It is
black, 8 to 10 feet long, and looks like a giant fingernail with a fring
The only baleen I have seen was black. Has anyone else seen white baleen?
Lorri
And what is baleen, you ask... Again, according to Wikipedia, it is, "...
not bone, but is composed of keratin, the same substance as hair, horn, claws
and nails..." Baleen whales have "plates" of hairy fringe th
