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Why do whales have blubber?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 12/22/2022

1 reason is to keep them warm Whale Blubber is a fat layer in between a whale's skeleton and skin that keeps a whale warm in some of the cold temperatures in the Arctic.
Whale blubber insulates the whale and stores food energy for this mammal.

Blubber is basically fat.

Wiki User

∙ 10y ago

What else can I help you with?

What do you call the fat of whales?

blubber blubber

Do blue whales have skin or blubber?

They are covered in Blubber.

What is blubber and why do Whales need it?

Blubber is whale fat.

Do beluga whales have blubber?

Yes. They do. Most of their blubber is in their melon.

Do whales have meat or blubber?

Killer Whales (Orca orca) have a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm. Killer whales are a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family.

Who needs blubber?

Whales

Are blubber from whales?

yup ;)

Is blubber of whales nonrenewable or renewable?

Well you can use blubber for oillamps

Why were seals and whales hunted?

for their blubber

What are Orca whales covered by?

Blubber

What is a whales covering?

skin and blubber

How can you use blubber in a sentence?

Inuits hunt whales in order to use their blubber.

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