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Figure 13. — Two views of blue whales on the ramps of whaling stations in Japan itop) and at Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland (bottom). Note the broad 

 rounded appearance of the head, the single central head ridge, and the dark bluish-gray coloration, interrupted only by mottlings of grayish white. In the 

 animal on the bottom note the all-black baleen plates, which are very broad relative to their length. (Photos by Japanese Whalet Research Institute, 

 courtesy of H. Omura ltop\; and F. W. True, courtesy of U.S. National Museum [bottom].) 



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