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The Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whales suborder. It is the second largest whale, and hence the second largest animal ever to have lived, after the Blue Whale.
It is a filter-feeder, using its baleen to strain plankton out of the seawater and may reach (to come)long and up to tons.
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