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Whales
Animal
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, usually excluding dolphins and porpoises. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order... Wikipedia
Order: Artiodactyla
Class: Mammalia
Lifespan: Blue whale: 80 – 90 years, Killer whale: 29 years, Sperm whale: 60 – 70 years, and more
Mass: Blue whale: 110,000 – 330,000 lbs, Killer whale: 8,000 – 12,000 lbs, Sperm whale: 77,000 – 130,000 lbs, and more
Gestation period: Blue whale: 10 – 12 months, Killer whale: 15 – 18 months, Sperm whale: 16 months, and more
Length: Blue whale: 82 ft., Killer whale: 20 – 26 ft., Sperm whale: 40 ft., and more
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Representative species
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, usually excluding dolphins and porpoises. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates.
Blue whale · Humpback whale · Bryde's whale · Beluga whale
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
At the top of the food chain, whales are vital to the health of the marine environment but 7 out of the 13 great whale species are endangered or vulnerable. Learn ...
Facts about whales - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
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Whales are marine mammals, members of the cetacea order which also includes dolphins and porpoises. Some whales have teeth while others have baleen.
WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation is the leading global charity dedicated to the conservation and protection of all whales and dolphins.
May 31, 2018 · Normally rivals, whales join orcas to take advantage of their of their fish stunning skills and go ...Duration: 2:28
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People also ask
What is special about whales?
Whales are Biologically Special
They are the largest animals on earth. ... And whales and dolphins have large and complex brains. The sperm whale's brain is the largest of any ever to exist, weighing four or five times as much as our human brain and being at least as fissured and convoluted.
What makes a whale a whale?
Whales have hair (although they have a lot less than land mammals, and have almost none as adults), Whales are warm-blooded (they maintain a high body temperature), Whales have mammary glands with which they nourish their young, Whales have a four-chambered heart.
What's the whale?
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. ... Whales range in size from the 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) and 135 kilograms (298 lb) dwarf sperm whale to the 29.9 metres (98 ft) and 190 metric tons (210 short tons) blue whale, which is the largest known creature that has ever lived.
How does a whale look?
Blue whales look true blue underwater, but on the surface their coloring is more a mottled blue-gray. Their underbellies take on a yellowish hue from the millions of microorganisms that take up residence in their skin. The blue whale has a broad, flat head and a long, tapered body that ends in wide, triangular flukes.
May 20, 2018 · When her calf risks being crushed by males battling for a mate, a mother whale needs to fight ...Duration: 2:49
Posted: May 20, 2018
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