In bigness these greater _Dinosaurs_ have never been exceeded, although the sea can still show in the whales creatures as great. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Ducks, like whales, subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
I hope that I may not be misconstrued into saying that the progenitors of whales did actually possess mouths lamellated like the beak of a duck. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.