Omura's Whale | Animalz

Omura's WhaleOmura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.What does it look like?It has a long, slender body typical of a rorqual. The Madagascar description reports a white right lower jaw and dark left lower jaw, with an asymmetric pale marking ahead of the dorsal fin.How does it live?Omura's whale is a slender baleen whale. A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded asymmetric jaw coloration and loose groupings of mostly unassociated individuals.A study off northwestern Madagascar recorded mostly solitary, loosely aggregated whales. Lunge feeding was observed, and the prey was suggested to be zooplankton.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.