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Whales
The largest animals on earth, whales include a number of diverse species of aquatic mammals. Living their entire lives in the water, they have been a source of wonder to mankind.
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How Comes Whales Can Only Eat Planktons?
Blue Whales are Carnivores. 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 the people who catch whales?
People hunt whales for meat, bone and all other parts of the body to make all sorts of everyday things, such as oil and make-up
Depending on the specific species, whales are found in all oceans and seas of the world.
Some popular whale watching spots include:
- Cape Cod, MA
- Los Cabos, Mexico
- Hawaii
- New Zealand
- Dominica
- South Africa
- Orcas Island, WA
- Quebec
- Palos Verdes, CA
- San Diego, CA
- Portugal
- Nova Scotia
- Antarctic Peninsula
Are blue whales related to mammoths?
Sure in the same way dolphins are related to pigs....
they are (or in the case of mammoths were) mammals.
How did Jonah stay alive in the belly of the whale?
Jonah 2:10-"And the Lord spoke unto the fish and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land." So basically Jonah got up chucked,or as it states in the bible.
Scientific evidence would tell you that Jonah would have some damage done to his body from the acid inside of the whale's belly(which he bible speaks nothing of).
Do people call a whale a fish?
A common misconception is that all animals that live in water are fish, so some people mistakenly believe that whales are as well.
How much right whale calf's weigh?
I just found out that they weigh up to 70 tons. and Females are larger than males! ok well hope this helps! bye bye!!! :)
Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. There are two extant species, the long-finned pilot whale (G. melas) and the short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus). The two are not readily distinguished at sea and analysis of the skulls is the best way to tell the difference between them. Between the two species, pilot whales range in waters nearly worldwide with long-finned pilot whales living in cold waters and short-finned pilot whales living in tropical and subtropical waters. Pilot whales are among the largest of the oceanic dolphins, exceeded in size only by the killer whale. They and other large members of the dolphin family are also known as blackfish.
Pilot whales are primarily squid eaters but will feed on fish as well. They are also highly social and studies suggest that both males and females remain in their mothers' pods, an unusual trait among mammals which would also be found in certain killer whale communities. Short-finned pilot whales are also one of the few mammal species where females go though menopause and post-reproductive females may contribute to the survival of younger members of their pods. Pilot whales are notorious for stranding themselves on beaches, and are among the most common cetacean stranders. Several theories have been proposed to account for this behavior. The status of both species is not understood and they have been subject to direct and indirect catches by fisheries. Whalers in a few countries continue to hunt pilot whales.
if you watch the news or look at the yahoo site, you may see that there have been multiple deaths from whales. there have been deaths in water park places like sea world. they can drown you, and they are aggressive. not long ago i read about a man going swimming with a whale at night(don't know why. suicide?) and they found him in the morning with no clothes on. there were signs that the whale ripped at him and shook him, making his swimming trunks come off. there are certain kinds of whales that are not dangerous, but well known whales (orcas) are known to be dangerous. FYI sharks are not meant to kill people. they actually do not like the taste of human. the reason so many people escape shark attacks are b/c the shark spits them out. the only shark that doesn't bite is the Whale Shark. it doesn't make sense to me the name of it.
What is called when a whale pokes its head out of the water and turns around?
if you are referring to the Killer whale (Orca Orca) then it is known as "Spy Hopping"
Salt water fish are perfectly adapted to their salty environment and need osmosis to live. The replacement fluid taken on to replace the lost water is desalinated by a process known as diffusion. Diffusion allows fish to live in a state of constant osmosis.
If a saltwater fish is placed in an environment that does not contain the excess levels of salt outside, such as in freshwater, their natural inclination to pull in water and dispel all salt from that water will result in the fish exploding with water that is not being removed from them by their environment.
Freshwater fish, on the other hand, are subjected to a reverse effect. The salt levels inside their bodies are higher than the surrounding water outside because that water is constantly being drawn inward by the salt content in their system. Freshwater fish do not drink water as a result. If placed in a saltwater environment, they would literally drown in a sea of water because they are not geared to pull in extra water.
What did the native Americans do to the whales they hunted?
They skinned and ate them, and left the bones to the birds, or they used them as knives.
Is there a mythical whale called the Ancient mother or the White mother?
Perhaps this is a native American ( Inuit or Eskimo tribal) name for the Beluga, or white whale which is a recognized species, not a mutant or albino. F9or many years they had several in the New York Aquarium at Coney Island.
A food web is a series of animals/ plants that feed on each other
eg. SharkDolphinFishPlankton etc.
Its pretty much the same as a food chain
Because they wont come aboard voluntarily, no matter how nicely you ask them.
Various things attach themselves to whales, including lampreys and remoras. They don't feed off the whale, but rather use it as a means of transport.
The bowhead whale is a species of whale that doesn't have a dorsal fin and can grow to 66 feet in length. They can weigh around 75 tons and is named a bowhead due to its massive, thick skull.
What do people make out of a whales blubber?
Although most nations have banned whaling, there are several historical uses for whale blubber. Before the light bulb, whale blubber was burned in lamps for light. The Eskimo people of the Arctic eat whale blubber as a food source, but they only kill a few whales per year for their own food and aren't allowed to sell them for profit.
Are the powerful tail fins of a whale called flippers or flukes?
Whales' front limbs are called fins. Only some whales have back limbs, which are very small. The tail is divided into two extensions called flukes. Most whales also have a dorsal fin.
What are whales with teeth called?
The whales with teeth are called toothed whales. The ones that don't have teeth are called baleen whales. Baleen whales use filters to drain out water from plankton.
Evidence of a vestigial pelvis and femur suggests about the ancestors of modern whales walked on land and thus, also breathed air. Many other marine life is believed to have been land based before massive climate change and perhaps floods.
