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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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None. Whales don't practice monogamy. In the past, it was thought that they did but recent genetic testing has shown both male and female whales may have a multitude of different mates. This is true for all species of whale.
There have been claims by some activist groups that some whale species mate for life, but there is no evidence to support this. Whereas there is plenty of real evidence to say otherwise. They generally argue this to "humanize" the species and to lobby support for their cause. While their hearts are in the right place, they are factually wrong.
True monogamy is actually rare in the animal kingdom.
No.
Well, maybe by accident.
An animal as big as a great white would have to be a filter feeder to be able to eat plankton efficiently. And the great white isn't. It prefers bigger prey.
What kind of food baleen whales eat?
Baleen whales use their baleen plates to filter feed. They eat small fish, krill and plankton.
Adult population has a massive variations. They can weigh from 30 tons to 80 tons. Newborns weigh at 2 tons.
The average lifespan varies by what species of whale. For example, a bowhead whale can live to 130 years old.Compare to gray whales who can only live 1/3 of that.
Are sharks and whales marine animals?
The marine biome is a more scientific way of saying "an ocean habitat".
I haven't seen any sharks prancing through the deciduous forests or galloping over the open tundra lately. I must conclude that, yes, sharks live in the marine biome.
What is a father whale called?
Mother dolphins are called cows, father dophins are called bulls and baby dolphins are called calves.
What is the top of the tooth-the part you can see?
Your teeth are fixed to your jawbone in your mouth. They sit in a curved line along your top and bottom jaws. The white part of your tooth that you can see when you smile or open your mouth is called the crown. Some of your tooth is hidden under the skin (gum) in your mouth. This is called the root and you cannot see this in your mouth. The white covering on your tooth is called enamel. Dental enamel is strong and helps to protect the tooth. Dental enamel is the hardest thing in your whole body.
For further information, go to The British Dental Health Foundation link.
the act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke act.
Are blue whales eaten by any other animal?
Adult blue whales have no natural predators. They are too big and too strong to be attacked and killed by any animal. However, Orca's (Killer Whales) are known to attack and kill youngsters. A group of Orca's can easily hunt a baby blue whale if its mother is not around. Otherwise, they have no natural predators
Which is bigger a Blue Whale or a Great White Shark?
the blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on the planet,even bigger than all known dinosaurs.
What is the symbiosis type for barnacles and whales?
They get along with other whales, in order to get more prey.
Humpback Whales do breach the surface. The exact reason is unknown and is disputed. Some say it's a form of communication whereas another place will say it's to get rid of parasites and other organism like barnacles off their skin.
Baby whales are called calves, or calf in singular form.
What is the length of a pilot whale?
An adult male pilot whale can reach up to 20 feet and can weigh up to 3 tons. The adult female can reach up to only 16 feet and weigh up to 1.5 tons.
It can, but it would be only by size, rather by eating you or something. Whale sharks are filter feeders, eating only krill and small fish which they filter out of the water using their gills. While their mouths are massive, they don't have big shark teeth and moreover, aren't intent on harming humans whatsoever. It can be very dangerous to swim near the tail of such a gentle giant, as an accidental whack of its tail can already knock you out cold.
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How are whales and mice alike?
Well naked mole rats are the closest realitive of the whale but mice are very close to the whale also mice can also find there way into the digestive track of the whale and eat any undigested food like plankkton and crill also whales have a seaweed like substance in there mouth and the mice knaw on it and kill the whale and live in it for the rest of their lives the whales make a nice home the mice even furnish it and install hardwood and wallpaper and they also buy a mini frige
Where do blue whales migrate in the summer?
In the winter, Humpbacks go to warmer, tropical waters to breed. During this time, the adult humpbacks don't eat because there isn't much food in warmer waters. Young calves will feed on it's mother's milk. If the humpbacks found food in the tropical waters, they would eat.
researchers do not believe the whales are intending to commit suicide. It is beginning to appear they either get disoriented which could be caused by (a) or (b) or they are attempting to escape something in the water that is causing them distress. Whenever whales are helped back into the water they don't rebeach themselves in the majority of cases which tends to dispel the "suicide" mentality.
Sharks don't really display any "playing" behavior. That being said, some species will correlate in co-operative groups to work towards a common goal such as hunting or protecting. Also, in some species, females will group together to protect their unborn young. Scalloped hammerhead sharks also migrate in groups. For the most part, though, sharks are solitary predators and don't work well in groups and certainly don't "play."
