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Whale identified as Mars lunge feeding on Stellwagen Bank. Note the baleenstructures in the roof of the mouth, the distended ventral throat grooves or plates and the water and sand lance (small fish type) spilling out of the mouth. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit | Mason Weinrich)