Having the blowholes on top means the least amount of body pushed through the Surface when breathing.
Whales breathe in and out of their blowhole. They are unable to breathe through their mouth because the trachea is not attached to the throat.
Whales Breathe through a blowhole, a modified nostril at the top of their head.
Blowhole
Whales can't Breathe through their mouths, only their blowholes
They don't have nostrils, the breathe through the blowhole on the top
Whales breathe through a blowhole at the top of the head which has evolved from the nasal passage
A blowhole is what whales and dolphins use to breathe air.
Humpback whales breathe air by using their lungs. They can only breathe in when their blowhole is above the surface of the water. When they exhale, you can see a spout of warm moist air shoot upwards from their blowhole.
With lungs, through a blowhole, a modified nostril on the top of their head.
Whales breathe through a nostril called a "blowhole" on top of their head.
They come up to the surface every few minutes to breathe through their blowhole.
This may sound a bit stupid but i always thought that it was water that came out of the blowhole. Just like how fish breathe in water and dispence it throught their gills, i thought that whales did the same however through their blowhole?