Name: <em>Balaena</em><br> Folded Card
SKU: 906501
Price: 3.90 CHF
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Balaena Folded Card

Balaena
Folded Card with Envelope

Size and orientation folded: ISO/DIN A6 portrait.

Folded Card
Width: 10.5 cm
Height: 14.8 cm

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SKU: 906501

Card with envelope is wrapped transparently.

PALAEOLOVE artwork and art wares are recognizable due to their scientifically accurate visualisation that is accompanied by sound, science-based information. Our products are designed in Switzerland and analogously & digitally handmade in Switzerland and other European countries under the guidance of experts, true to the motto: «Science meets Design»!

The abbreviation «MIO» (= million, after the German national standard DIN 5008) – occasionally found on our goods and product pages to indicate the geological age of fossil taxa – is equivalent to «MYA» (= million years ago).

Depicted Animal

Balaena mysticetus LINNAEUS, 1758
18 M

Common names: (English • Deutsch • Français • Español) - Bowhead whale • Grönlandwal • Baleine boréale • Ballena de Groenlandia
Systematics: Balaenidae, Mysticeti, Cetacea, Cetartiodactyla, Laurasiatheria, Placentalia, Mammalia
Habitat: marine; pelagic

The dark-coloured bowhead whale is a filter-feeder inhabiting eutrophic Arctic and sub-Arctic waters during the entire year. The species has the largest mouth of all animals. The filter-feeder system (baleen) in the mouth is used to strain plankton like krill and other crustaceans. The whale is a slow swimmer, can dive up to 40 minutes and uses underwater sounds for communication. Weight: 75 (males) to 100 tons (females). Life span: 150 to 200 years.