31. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft-float patterning, stiffened with baleen . 32. The humpback whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. 33. Baleen baskets are typically embellished with walrus ivory carvings.34. About 250 pairs of baleen plates hang from top of huge, yawning mouth. 35. 205 to 270 pairs of black baleen in mouth 36. The baleen system works by whale opening its mouth underwater and taking in water. 37. Some whales, such as the bowhead whale, have longer baleen than others. 38. These baleen bristles are arranged in plates across the upper jaw of the whale. 39. The transition from teeth to baleen is proposed to have occurred reabsorbing of teeth. 40. The killer whales of Old Tom, would assist whalers in hunting baleen whales.
