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WHALES FACTS

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The difference between baleen and toothed whales has to do with their methods of feeding. Toothed whales eat large fish and squid, using their teeth. Baleen whales use baleen like a strainer and feed on smaller animals such as krill and crustaceans

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This PowerPoint shows different types of whales:

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Blue whalesThe largest animal in the world

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Speed: Cruises 8-10 knots Surges up to 20 knots for ten minutes

Color: Bluish gray with grayish patches on back and

sides Underside of flippers are white

Length: Up to 105 feet It is the largest animal that has ever lived

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Weight: Up to 200 tons (larger than 30 elephants(

Surfacing: About every 4-7 minutes

Blow: Spout is high and columnar

Eating Habits: They feed on krill It can hold over one ton of food in its stomach It needs 3,000,000 calories a day

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Interesting Features: The Blue whales are a totally protected

species Tongue may weigh 22 tons Heart may weigh 1,500 lbs. " Hitch-hikers" found attached to the body

of the Blue whale -Barnacles -Fleas and Round worms live in the baleen plates -Remora or Suckerfish -Pacific Lamprey

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Sperm WhalesLargest brain in the animal kingdom

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Speed: 8-10 knots Short bursts up to 20 knots

Color: Dark bluish-gray to black May have white on belly and lower jaw

Length: Male up to 65 feet Female 50-55 feet

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Weight: Males up to 59 tons Females up to 36 tons

Surfacing: Dive lasts up to 90-minutes, dives may be as deep as

3,200 feet Blow:

Single blow hole located to the left of the midline, far forward on the head

Eating Habits: Mainly octopus and squid Also eats sharks and other fish

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Interesting Features: The most hunted whale in the 1800's Has the largest brain in the animal kingdom

weighing over 20 lb Whale in the book "Moby Dick"

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Right WhaleDoes not sink when killed

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Speed: Very slow moving: 2-3 knots Easily harpooned

Color: Usually black May show irregular white patches on the

underside Length:

45-60 feet

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Length: 45-60 feet

Weight: Up to 45 tons

Surfacing: Every 4-7 minutes Can hold its breath for 10-30 minutes

Blow: 2 blowholes The spout is V-shape

Eating Habits: Krill

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Interesting Features: Called the "Right" whale because it was the

right whale to harpoon Does not sink when killed Longest baleen of any whale

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Humpback WhalesThe "singing" whale

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Speed: Slow swimmer: 1.3-5 knots Easily caught

Color: Top and sides are black with a white

underside Length:

Up to 54 feet, average length 40 feet Flippers are 1\4-1\3 of the total length of the

whale

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Weight: Average 29 tons

Surfacing: Stays under water for 4-7 minutes between

breaths Blow:

Spout is low broad jet of vapor accompanied by a puff

Eating Habits: Anchovies and krill gathered from May-

December

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Interesting Features: Has reputation as the most athletic and

playful whale Breeches, leaping clear out of the water

spinning, falling back and splashing It's known as the singing whale Songs last 3-36 minutes It is a fully protected whale

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OrcaThe "Killer" whale

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Speed: Can maintain speeds up to 15-20 knots

Color: Black upper-body White patch behind eye White sides

Length: Up to 30 feet

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Weight: 3-4 tons

Surfacing: Can leap completely out of the water Can dive up to 1000 feet Is able to stay submerged for 20 minutes

Blow: No information available

Eating Habits: Eats warm blooded animals such as sea birds, seals,

walruses, and even larger whales Also eats fish and squid

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Interesting Features: Tall dorsal fin grows to 6 feet The Killer whale is actually a large dolphin Smarter and easier to train than a dolphin

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Fin WhaleUses its flukes as a weapon

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Speed: It is the fastest whale. It can swim at 12 knots

and sprint up to 20-30 knots Color:

Grayish-black on top, white on its right bottom underside, grayish-black on its left bottom underside.

Length: Up to 80 feet

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Weight: Up to 50 tons

Surfacing: Every 6-10 minutes for 4-7 blows It is the deepest diving baleen whale

Blow: The spout looks like an inverted cone with the blow

accompanied by a whistle Eating Habits:

Eats krill, anchovies and other fish Feeds while swimming on it's side with it's mouth

open

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Interesting Features: Uses it's powerful tail flukes against sharks

and other whales It smashed the boats of early whalers into

splinters It is valuable to the whaling industry today

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