0 tissue found as several hanging pieces in the upper part of the mouth of some types of whale, that can be used to make a strong material that bends easily:
A whale's mouth contains plates of baleen through which it filters the water from the groups of small fish on which it feeds.
When the whale feeds it takes into its mouth a great gulp of water, which it drives out again through the intervals of the horny plates of baleen.
They then had to split the baleen, scrape it clean of all "gum," and then wash, polish, and dry it.
One view of function holds that brains work much the same way, for example, the humming bird versus baleen whale metaphor.
Its fortunes varied from year to year with varying climate, ice conditions, and fluctuating demands for its two main products, oil and baleen.
The baleen was cut from the upper jaw, the plates separated, dried, and stowed.
Mysticetes have baleen plates that act like a giant filter, straining small animals (such as plankton and krill) from the seawater.
Investigations into the use of baleen whale products indicate that substitutes are available.
