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Why do whales have blubber?

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∙ 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.

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