The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2058   Message #1113589
Posted By: open mike
10-Feb-04 - 05:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: The Balaena / Balena / Ballina
Subject: RE: Lryics to Balaena?
Balena is spanish for whale too
(probably only refers to Baleen whales?
ones that strain plankton thru baleen
structures in their mouths--they do not
eat large critters...and do not swallow
big things like Jonah)
Marine mammals (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)belong to the Order Cetacea (from the Greek word 'cetus' which means whale), has two living suborders: Odontoceti (toothed whales) and Mysticeti (baleen whales)and
one extinct sub-order: Archaeoceti (ancient whales)

this is not on the topic, but is much more so than the previous post!
trawling for whale info, not into harpooning the critters themselves!