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Aquatic Mammals
This section is for questions about those mammals that live most, if not all of their lives in the water. With specially adapted breathing abilities, these swimmers are some of the most intelligent creatures known.
1,031 Questions
Where in Texas are West Indian Manatees found?
Manatees are rarely seen in Texas. In recent years, lone individuals have appeared at Port Aransas, Corpus Christi and near Houston in Galveston Bay.
they usually dont, but they will to attract fish to that spot.
Seals are correctly defined as aquatic mammals, in that they breathe air in the same way as we do, but spend at least half of their lives in water and are able to hold their breath for long periods of time whilst swimming underwater.
Its favorite food is "Krill". An Adult blue whale can kill upto 40 million krill per day. They can eat nearly 3500 kilograms of krill in a single day. They need nearly 1.5 million kilocalories of energy per day and so, they nearly eat nonstop. Small fish, crustaceans and squids too get caught when they trap krill in their mouth.
They scoop up large quantities of water into their mouth along with krill and other small aquatic creatures and then filters and push the water out. All remaining animals are swallowed.
The odds of a blue whale eating a human being are absurd for four reasons: 1) Blue whales are hard to find. 2) Blue whales don't have teeth to chew. 3) Blue whales have a throat the size of a grapefruit. 4) Blue whales are shy towards people.
There's no species known as a striped whale. However, the striped dolphin is related to whales, and eats fish, squid, krill, and other crustaceans.
How can you save the Giant Otters?
Make them scary and put mustard on there feet and pickles in there eyes so they look scarier to predators
Why should marine mammals be kept in captivity?
For education, research (into animal behaviour as well as other more problematic such as animal testing) and as a gene pool in case human behaviour wipes out the wild population, thereby allowing reintroduction.
How long is the blue whale in millimeters?
200 x 304.8mm =60960mm
or = 60.96 meters
(or if you really care, it equals .060960 kilometers....)
Are leopard seals the second largest seal of all?
Yes, They Are Because Southern Elephant Seals Are Larger Than Leopard Seals.
What do aquatic producers eat?
Aquatic producers are known as autotrophs. Autotrophs make their own food hence the why they are called producers. They are plants, so they generate their own energy/food out of sunlight + water + carbon dioxide.
Where is a whales fluke located?
'Fluke' is the term for the lobe of a whale's tale, usually used as a plural. One would say, "look at the whale's flukes."
What are the sea creatures in the hot zone?
These are only SOME of the sea creatures...: Pale octopus, Yeti cram, sea anemones, stalked barnacles and a seven-pronged starfish.
Another name for a killer whale starting with G?
The killer whale can be called the orca whale, blackfish or "grampus." The grampus is also a name for Risso's Dolphin, the only species in the genus Grampus.
