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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.
3,355 Questions
The average weight of a Green Shell mussel is between 0.8 oz and 1.4 oz.
How many whales are killed in an oil spill?
Whales have never been recorded as victims of oil spills as they neither breathe water or have fur or feathers to become covered with oil.
Answer:
it has never been estimated... the answer would be more than a life's work and would most likely (and sadly) be a gruesome number
What to eskimos use to hunt whales?
Yes most of them do but if you go to my message board and tell me if you want me to link a good website i will. =) hope i could help.
Incorrect. Some Eskimos may very well hunt whales, but to say most of them do is incorrect. Whale hunting has fallen in popularity and is governed by international laws making it very hard to hunt whales for a living. What % of the population of Eskimos hunt whales I do not know, but I do know that to say most of them is not correct.
CORRECT. most eskimos hunt whales along with seals, fish, polar bears and other animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Whale Can attack other whales, Orcas are known to attack and eat other whales, Some whales can attack cause of dominance or other reasons. Even Dolphins are known to attack other dolphins and porpoises of course.
Why is Prince Charles the prince of whales?
He is the Prince of Wales because he is the next in line to be King of the United Kingdom. "Prince of Wales" is one of his titles.
Do seal and whales hunt together?
Not on purpose, but sometimes it does happen.
For example, there were three killer whales (orcas) and plenty of tiger seals on the beach. In between, there was a group of another type of seal, lets say fur seals. Both the hunters were going for them. They both trapped the fur seals and they both caught them together, getting a fair share each.
Why are blue whales threatened?
They are threatened because of hunters, they are hunted for their fat. Whale fat is used in mascara.
What kind of fish does killer sharks eat?
Killer sharks eat fish, dolphins, boats, blood, animals that are big, other sharks, and last and least water.
Have you ever seen a whale cry?
Whales cry either if they are in pain or if they can not find there baby whale.
What is the evolutionary relationship between a fish's fin and a whale's flipper?
They're an example of convergent evolution - two structures with common features which have evolved like that due to a similar/the same purpose despite having unrelated origins. Flippers have hidden fingers.
Do whales fertilize internally or externally?
Whale has internal fertilization,because they are mammals like human.
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No, most sharks are cold blooded and thus do not need to have a blubber layer to insulate their warm insides. Even the Great What Shark which can keep certain parts of the body (particularly the brain) at temperatures up to 14 °C (25 °F) above the surrounding water temperature, drops the core body temperature of its body match the surroundings when not actively feeding and thus does not need any blubber.
What group of animals do whales belong to?
A whale is a mammal, the y breathe air, and they do not have gills.
It has a substance in its head called spermaceti which is milky white and used to be mistaken for sperm. It had various commercial uses that made it quite valuable. It's thought to be associated with the animal's hearing, by helping its ears detect sound when under the water.
"The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in its head . " ~ Wikipedia
I believe it is named after the spermaceti that can be extracted from the whale's head. It is a white, milky substance that can easily be (and has been) mistaken for the whale's seman.
You're right: it is. It forms a fatty structure that may be connected with the animal's hearing underwater.
Obviously as mammals the male sperm whales also make reproductive sperm - but not in their heads as the old-time whale-hunters mistakenly thought!
How many whales are left in the ocean?
Is the shark a fish or an mammal?
Shark are mammals since they give birth to the sharks rather than lay eggs. While the sharks are in the stomach they are alive swimming in there. They usually tend to eat each other, while still n there.
Answer
Some sharks lay eggs. Some give birth to live young. Sharks are cartilaginous fish, Class Chondrichthyes. They have backbones which makes them vertebrates and they have fins, jaws and a type of scale called denticles and are aquatic like all jawed fish. Sharks are not mammals as they do not have hair and do not suckle their young.
It depends on the area it is being done in, as well as the country. The International Whaling Commission sets certain guidelines governing whaling, but essentially, yes, whaling is legal.
See the IWC website for more info.
http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm
Female Blue whales are generally larger than the males, but on average Blue whales can grow between 80 to 108 feet long and can weigh up to 120 tonnes. Newborn calves are approximately 22ft long and around 6 tonnes at birth. Exact measurements are difficult to calculate due to their extreme size.
