WHALES
Mammals - Vertebrates - Carnivore
Mammals - Vertebrates - Carnivore
HUMPBACK WHALE
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BLUE WHALE
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Male: Bull
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Female: Cow
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Young: Calf
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WHALES
Blue Whales
Humpback Whales
Sperm Whales
- Killer Whales were originally called 'whale killers'.
- Are warm-blooded.
- Eats marine mammals (walruses, sea otters and penguins), and seabirds, as well as a variety of fish.
- Breathe air with their lungs, so they must come to the surface of the water to breathe the air directly.
- Nostrils are called 'blowholes'.
- Cannot taste anything but salt.
- When it comes to the surface it exhales the air from its lungs - this is called 'blowing'.
- Have hair.
- Spend all their lives in the water.
- There are whales alive today that were born before Moby-Dick was written in 1851.
- If a dead whale is found on a British beach, the head belongs to the King and the tail to the Queen.
- Some whales are born with a small leg protruding from their body.
- Navigate hundreds of miles using a mental map created by bouncing sound off the sea floor.
- Cannot swim backwards.
- Whale milk has the same consistency as toothpaste.
- A newborn baby whale puts on 14 stone every day.
- Get tan lines.
Blue Whales
- The Blue Whale is the largest known mammal, up to 105 ft long .
- The heart of a Blue Whale is the size of a small car.
- The tongue of a Blue Whale is the same size and weight as a fully-grown African Elephant.
- Water in a Blue Whale's mouth weighs as much as its entire body.
- Blue Whales can go up to 6 months without food.
- Can only see in black and white.
- Can swim at speeds up to 30 kilometres an hour.
Humpback Whales
- Humpback whales can sing non-stop for 20 hours.
- The call of the Humpback Whale can be heard 500 miles away.
- A Humpback Whale may eat up to a ton of food a day.
- Humpback Whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
Sperm Whales
- Take turns babysitting.
- Sperm Whales have the largest brain on the planet.
- The Caribbean Sperm Whale has its own regional accent.
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MACKAY WHALE
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