What is the average length of a whale?
The average length of a whale depends on what the species of whale is. Blue Whales have been known to grow up to 100 feet even though with average of usually 85ft. Whereas dwarf sperm whales can only grow to 9 feet.
Blue whales are predators. 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.
What are sea cows a do they where live?
Cows in the sea, that can swim and breath underwater, and are located in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
How long is an elephant seals penis?
14 inches but the diameter throughout it's length is about 5 inches with a 6 inch tulip.
Why are pilot whales called whales if they are dolphins?
Some small whales are called dolphins, but small whales are still whales.
What traits do seals have to survive in their environment?
Does the manatee help shape the land?
A Manatee (also known as the sea cow) are not known to shape the land. There is no scientific evidence that this mammal has anything to do with shaping the land.
What sedimentary rock is made underwater from the shells of animals?
limestone is made underwater from the shells of animals. We know this because limestone also contains many fossils.
Do monk seals lay eggs or have babies?
All seals are mammals, and mammals (apart from the monotremes) have 'babies', they do not lay eggs.
Yes, seals like to eat lichens. They also eat fish, shellfish, krill and other foods. Some seals will also eat other, smaller seals.
What species of whale eat other whales?
The killer whale may take whale calves, and sometime pods will attack adults, but the killer whale is not a true whale, but is in fact the world's largest dolphin.
There are two sorts of animals called "Dolphins", one is a fish, the common dolphinfish or mahi-mahi is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found worldwide in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters.
The other is an aquatic mammal which, while breathing air, lives its whole life in water. Most species are marine, but there are also fresh water dolphins. Dolphins use echo locating sonar to navigate and catch their food and have special structures in their head and jaws to enable this.