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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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Due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.
What are motifs in the whale rider?
In the story, the whale represents life and death. When Koro Apirana, Rawiri, and the guys are in the meeting house discussing what should be done, Koro Apirana states that if the whale dies, we die. If the whale lives, we live. So that shows that the whale is life and death to them. This was said by Koro when the ancient bull whale was washed up on Whangara probably because that was the bull whale that was rode by Kahutia Te Rangi. Also, the whale is the mammal which brought them to the land in the first place. If Paikea (ancestor) hadent rode the whale, they wouldn't be in New Zealand.
the rope is also a symbol in whale rider because it symbolises the ancestral line of the Maori community that they live in.when the rope is broken it symbolises the community falling apart. paikea then fixes the rope and this is as if she has rejoined the community.
How can animals breath without using their lungs?
Well you see fish breath through things called gills so they don't need lungs to breath. Whales have huge holes at the top of their heads so when they need to breath they squrt out water from those holes.
How do you interact with whales?
throw something at it in the water or poke it, with a sick of some sort, if its by the surface, but not hard so that it will hurt it, but not too soft to where it cant feel it. and if u want to throw something at it, not being mean, i love animals, you could get a rock and put it in the water and get it to land on the whale
What does the inside of a whale look like?
You don't wanna Know but all i know it looks gross it has oragan's,urine, and more Gross it looks like a rib cage and the very end of the body (Not the tail) it has a ,an ,well ahwell actually uh let me spell it P-E-N-I-S
What do Japanese use whales for?
they usually use them to make traditional medicines and they often eat the whales blubber
What is the blue whales relationship with humans?
Blue Whales have a very delicate relationship with humans. Most humans enjoy watching the whales play and feed. In other cases humans do consume whale meat and capture them for scientific research.
What is the sound that a Whale makes and what is it called?
A whales cry is called a "Whale-song". They use a variety of noises to communicate and socialize with each other. The three main types of sounds (apart from cries) that they make are clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls.
How many hearts Does the Arctic whale have?
There are many types of whales in the world.
But some whales have special circulation system:they have 4 hearts
It's because to ensure that the brain and heart muscle have the best oxygen supply to conserve oxygen during a long dive. And another reason is because
the it has enormous body and hearts needs to be very strong that it can supply oxygen to the whole body.
P.S: Their hearts can be upto the size of a minivan to the size of a double decker bus.
What would happen if whales were exinction?
Various answers believe there would be a change to the food chain and the ocean environment:
- The way I see it is that, whales eat planktom by the tons being as large as a bus. When they become extinct, there would be an overpopulation of planktom which will affect the ecosystem in a way not experienced before.
- If whales were extinct, it is likely that a lot of the smaller fish would take over the ocean because there's not much there to eat them. Whales keep the life cycle in the ocean alive.
- I think that the prey of the whales will overpopulate and effect the food chain of the ocean.
We can only speculate what might happen if whales became extinct. We should already be seeing the possible effects due to the vastly reduced numbers of various whales. Please see the discussion below for a link to an interesting read about the effects of whales on the environment.
they don't store fat they have blubber which they are made with so they can survive the cold conditions of the water.
rhinos protect them selves by using their horns. also their armour is very thick so they can use that to help
With their horns.
They have those big horns, made out of really strong bones, and they have that thick skin to protect themselves.
Rhinos are big and bulky shapes so they really get attacked much and also it uses it's horn to defend
What are blue whales reproductive habits?
The gestation period is around 10 to 12 months. Females typically give birth to one calf every two to three years at the start of winter. The new born is 2.5 metric tons heavy and is around 7 meters long at birth. He drinks nearly 400 liters of milk every day and gains around 100 kilos of weight almost every day when he grows.
Students from secondary schools who study the book called Whale Rider would be asking this question. Probably because of their projects that is based on this story.
Whales are huge mammals that live in the ocean. They give birth to their young in the water. As the weather changes, the whales migrate from the colder areas to the warmer areas to retain their body temperature. The killer whale(actually a dolphin.), short-finned pilot, long-finned pilot, false killer and melon-headed whales are some examples that move to NEW ZEALAND. Their migratory path may be observed through SYDNEY.
What will the effect be on the food chain if whales become extincted?
it affects the food chain because certain animals live on the organisms of whales and they dont eat they will die. it affects the food chain because certain animals live on the organisms of whales and if they dont eat they will die.
A whales sound can travel up 2 300 hundered miles in the water.
How long can fin whales stay underwater?
Based on growth layers in the ear plugs, it is estimated fin whales can live to 80-95 years of age. One fin whale that stranded in Denmark in 2010 was estimated to be 135-140 years old, based on the acid in its eye.
How do whales survive in the arctic cold?
Many whales survive in the Arctic. In winter, they avoid the ice cap itself and stay around the edges in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. In summer, they follow open leads in the ice to well inside the Arctic Ocean. Examples of whales that live permanently near the Arctic: * Belugas * Narwhals * Bowheads Other whales migrate far south in winter, then return to Arctic and nearby waters to feed in summer. These include nearly all the baleen whale species.
What are facts about whales in captivity?
Here are some facts about whales that are kept in captivity
- The most common named whale known in captivity is the killer whale (even though it's a dolphin, so it's not a whale but when whales are mentioned in captivity, the first though is killer whales)
- It's a known fact that some whale species kept in captivity survives around half of their life compare to if they just lived in the wild
- Sometimes whales are kept in captivity to reserve the population (promote breeding) and to make sure they are safe as they may be injured
- Aquariums have no intention of returning captive breed animals to the wild
- Some would say that whales that have been kept in captivity ma disturb there own natural behavior.
How does taking blubber from whales to make lipstick effect them?
No, and they never did.
There is a whale called a Sperm Whale. In the head of the whale is a cavity called the Tun, which holds a product called Sperm Oil. This doesn't actually contain any sperm, and no one's really sure why it's in there. Whalers of old would go out to catch sperm whales, behead them, throw the back part of the whale in the ocean where it was eaten by sharks, then bail the sperm oil out of the tun and process it to make spermaceti. Hermann Melville's Moby-Dick has a very good description of the steps necessary to catch a sperm whale and recover the spermaceti from it.
The resultant spermaceti is a wonderful product to make all sorts of cosmetic items. There are just two problems with it: you've got to kill a whale to get real spermaceti, and this particular whale has no qualms about turning around and eating the whalers or dragging them under the water where they drown. A LOT of people died in the sperm whale fishery.
(Blubber was rendered down into oil, which was used mostly for lighting.)
Spermaceti is such a good product our cosmetic chemists went to work on inventing a substitute, and they've got one. Synthetic spermaceti--which doesn't have to be called "synthetic" since you can't get the real stuff anymore--is made by esterification of jojoba oil with cetyl alcohol. (Cetyl alcohol is made from palm oil, and is also called palmytic oil.) People who have seen both confirm synthetic spermaceti to be every bit as good as the real thing--better, actually, since the only thing that dies is jojoba seeds.
