Whales

Whales

The largest marine mammals with forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and nasal openings on top of the head.

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Whales

A fibrous substance that is found in the mouths of some species of whale, which they use to philtre food particles out of the water. The baleen plates grow out of the jaw in the same way as teeth, ...

Breaching

Animals; Whales

When an animals leaps out of the water and falls back in with a splash. Breaching is often a behaviour displayed by large whales.

Blowhole

Animals; Whales

The nostrils of a whale are on the top of their head, and can be pair or singular.

Melon

Animals; Whales

A large swelling of fatty-fluid that is found in the heads of many toothed whales, that is believed to improve sound focus used in echolocation.

Beluga whale

Animals; Whales

Beluga whale (also called white whale) is a kind of cetacean which lives in the Artic and the sub-Artic oceans. Male belugas can length up to 6.5 metres and weight up to 1600kg, female belugas are ...

Baleen whale

Animals; Whales

Also known as the moustached whale or Mysticeti, the baleen whale is the largest species in the whale family capable of growing up to 190,000 kilogrammes (420,000 lb) in weight and 33.5 metres (110 ...

Grey whale

Animals; Whales

A grey whale is often called the Devil Fish because it fights really hard when hunted. An adult whale can grow as long as 52 feet and can reach a weight of 36 tons. Its significant feature is the ...