11. It is the smallest member of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. 12. Lunge feeding by the huge rorquals is said to be the largest biomechanical event on Earth. 13. It is the second smallest rorqual after the common minke whale and the third smallest baleen whale. 14. Their only real competitors in terms of size are the rorquals , such as the blue whale. 15. Rorquals take their name from Norwegian word " r�yrkval ", meaning " furrow whale ".16. Amongst the shipping lost to mines laid by " Rorqual " were the Italian merchants" 17. Rorquals feed by gulping in water, and then pushing it out through the baleen plates with their tongue.18. These grooves are less numerous ( usually 14 22 ) than in other rorquals , but are fairly wide. 19. Euro-American whalers were now equipped to hunt faster and more powerful species, such as the rorquals . 20. Among rare visitors to the archipelago, there are other species of penguins, killer whales, and rorquals .
