![Sculptuur 3D van een dwerg vinvis. Dit kunstwerk staat tentoongesteld in museum Historyland en is gemaakt door kunstenaar Jaap Roos](https://i2.wp.com/www.jaaproosart.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/minke-whale-1-1.jpg?ssl=1)
![Schaalmodel levensecht dieren model van de dwergvinvis. In opdracht heeft Jaap Roos deze gemaakt voor museum Historyland](https://i0.wp.com/www.jaaproosart.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/minke-whale-3.jpg?ssl=1)
![Beeld bureaumodel levensecht realistisch diermodel, gemaakt door animalier artist Jaap Roos](https://i2.wp.com/www.jaaproosart.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/minke-whale-2.jpg?ssl=1)
Minke whale scale model
This minke whale scale model is approximately 45 cm long.
Balaenoptera acutorostrata is the smallest member of the Balaenoptera family. Which includes the Blue whale, the largest animal that ever lived on earth. Compared to these, they are quite ‘’small’’ with a length of about 8m as opposed to the nearly 30m of the blue whale. They are all filter feeders who use their bristly baleens to sift plankton out of the water taking in huge mouthfuls of seawater. They are a common prey species for Killer whales.