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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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What doe whales eat and drink for nutrients?
The killer whale (or Orca) is a carnivorous whale that hunts in packs or groups. If there are enough of these whales, they can sometimes take down a fully grown humpback whale, although they usually go for the babies... if they get the chance.
Killer whales. They have been reported attacking sei whales off Argentina.
How long does a mother whale carry its baby before it is born?
A female whale carries her calf, ranges from nine to twelve months. Some whales though, like the Sperm Whale, carry their young for up to sixteen months!
What does the narwhal horn do?
Nikola Tesla invented Narwhals in the early 20th Century to be used as a source of perpetual energy; the average narwhal is between 85% and 90% raw heat, by dry weight. However, since 1914, narwhals have been used primarily for the mineral concretions that form in their kidneys, which make a delicious soup popular in Korea and some parts of Russia.
Here are some facts about the northern right whale:
- Average Length: (Adult) 36-59 ft (Newborn) 15-20 ft
- Average Weight: (Adult) 30-80 tons (Birth) 1 ton
- Population: Northern ~ 300-400
- Diet: Krill or other crustaceans
- Threats: Fishing gear entanglements and ship strikes
- Right whales were originally named by whalers because they were considered the "right" whales to hunt- full of oil and easy to catch
- Southern Right whales sometimes raise their flukes at right angles to the wind and use them as sails, allowing themselves to be blown along through the water
- Right whales often breach, sometimes up to 10 times or more in a row
- The Northern Right whale is the most endangered whale in the ocean; about 300 in the N.Atlantic and possibly a handful in the N. Pacific
- The Right whale's baleen is 12 inches long
- Lifespan is unkown but it to be said they life more than 70 years
Where can humpback whales be found?
Humpbacks are widespread in almost every ocean in the world. They are found in good numbers in the following oceans.
- 18000 or so animals in North Pacific Ocean
- About 12000 in North Atlantic Ocean
- Around 50000 in the total southern hemisphere
What is the average weight of a male whale?
The average weight varies between species of whales. The weight of a whale goes from 1.8 tonnes to 120 tonnes but the largest whale recorded weighed 209 tonnes.
Got to be more specific on what species of whale.
What is a vestigial structure on modern whales?
Some still have embedded pelvises under a good bit of blubber.
How much does a killer whale's poop weight?
Whales probaly poop about 10,000 pounds per day!! (imagine drinking ocen water)
Like most mammals (aside from Platypuses and Echidnas) dolphins and whales have specialist mammary glands that produce milk. These glands contain specialist milk producing cells.
In a dolphin the mammary glands are situated in sacs on either side of the anus. This allows nursing dolphins to swim behind their mother, insert their beaks into the sacs and latch onto the nipple inside using their tongues and top jaws.
What is the name of a whales teeth?
A toothed whale (dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, beluga whales, narwhals, sperm whales)'s teeth are just called teeth. A baleen whale (blue whale, right whale, gray whale, humpback whales)'s teeth are called baleen.
How many feet is the blue whale?
The average blue whale can grow to be about 98 feet long. However, the longest blue whale ever measured was 111 feet long: that's approximately the length of three school buses parked end to end.
The whale has how many metres long and weigh?
It varies at what age of what species of whale. Different species of whales weigh and measure ifferenlty. i.e Blue whales can weigh upto 174 tons and measure at 29m compare to the dwarf sperm whale which measures only at 3 meters and weighin at most 600 pounds.
What is the difference between a seahorse and a dolphin?
A seahorse is a small aquatic creature that has a tail which curls in spiral. One interesting trait of the species is that it is the male who carries the babies. A dolphin is a mammal, much larger, that is between gray and blue color. They have been known to kill sharks!
Do whales take care of their young?
Depends on what type of whale you are taking into consideration. For instance baby killer whales are taken care of by their parents and live all their life in their family pod. Other whales take care of their young for 6-12 months after they are born and then they are off on their own.
How is money made from whales?
although it is illegal to poach whales in the majority of the world a lot of money can be made doing this. different parts of the whale have different profitabilities. the meat and bones can be sold to be eaten, the blubber can also be eaten but it is mainly sold for the extremely valuable oil.
How sweating helps maintain normal body temperature?
The watery fluids in the human body have a high specific heat capacity. This is one of the reasons why the temperature of the body changes slowly when the temperature of the surroundings changes slowly when the temperature of the surroundings changes.
The specific heat capacity of a substance is the energy transferred by heating needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of the substance through 1 degrees.
In the U.K. You will not find it on a general map for it is not a formal country any more
How long do whales stay pregnant for?
Gestation in Sperm Whale females lasts about 14 to 16 months. A sigle calf is produced at the end of gestation. Lactation proceeds for 19 to 42 months, but calves may suckle up to 13 years. Calves can suckle from females other than their mothers. Females generally have birth intervals of three to six years between calf birth. A newborn sperm whale is around 4 meters in length and weighs approximately 1000 kilograms or more. They grow very fast and to huge sizes.
How much does a mammoth skull weigh?
A full grown wolly mammoth weighs between 12000 - 20000 lbs. The largest of the mammoths- Imperial Mammoth- with a shoulder height of 14-16 feet, weighed 8-10 tons.
