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Where does a whale keep warm?

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Anonymous

18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

All aquatic mammals keep warm by trapping the heat they generate under a layer of fat called blubber.

The blubber keeps their heat from escaping and thereby keeps their bodies warm.

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