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Except for a few seconds when leaping into the air, whales spend ALL of their time in the water. They cannot move on land.
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Where does a duck spend its time?
They tend to spend much of their time in and around various bodies of water.
Where do penguins spend much of their time?
In the water
Can platypuses live in the water?
Platypuses must live on land (in burrows) but they hunt for food in the water. They are air-breathing mammals, but unlike whales and dolphins, they do not have a blowhole, so they cannot spend all of their time in water,
Are there whales in the Amazon rainforest?
Yes. They spend their time swinging on vines in the jungle canopy.
What is similar between water rats and otters?
Water repellant fur,live near and spend much of their time in water.
Do humpback whales hybernate?
No; humpbacks sleep by taking short naps of about 15-20 min at a time. They don't breathe while they sleep, so they have to wake up every 15-20 min to take a breath. Scientists don't know how much time these whales spend sleeping each day. Also, humpbacks sleep near the surface of the water.
What mammals live in salt water?
Whales and porpoises live their entire lives in salt water.Manatees inhabit tidal zones; they can spend a lot of time in salt water, but they must find fresh water to drink.Seals, sea lions and walruses are considered semi-aquatic. They are born on land and only spend part of their time in the water.Sea otters can walk on land, but are usually born in the ocean and spend all their time there. Marine otters are a similar species; little is known of their behavior, but they do seem to spend more time on land than sea otters.
What do whales like doing in antarctica?
Mostly whales like swimming in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds the Antarctic continent -- they don't spend any time on land.
Do blue whales sleep on the bottom of the ocean?
Whales have a unique respiratory system that lets them spend long periods of time (sometimes 30 minutes or longer) underwater, without taking in any oxygen, but they don't snore.
What large animals live in the Arctic?
Polar bears and walruses. Also, whales spend some of their time there.
What is a swimming mammel?
Whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugong, seals, walrus, and some otters. Characteristics are: Generally have a large size, hydrodynamic body (can go through water easily), and all the species have different marine life adaptions. They also have the characteristics of regular mammals. The cetaceans (Whales, dolphins and porpioses) and sirenians (manatees and dugong) are the most adapted. They spend no time out of the water; whereas the other species spend a little time on land.
Is the whale a mammal or is it fishes?
Yes, Blue Whales are mammals.Blue Whales, and whales in general, form a group of mammals that live or spend a majority of their time in the water, known informally as aquatic mammals.
