This document discusses various facts about whales. It notes that whales are mammals that breathe air, though they live entirely in water. The largest whale, the blue whale, can grow up to 94 feet long. Many whale species are endangered due to commercial whaling that occurred from the 1800s onward. The document provides additional details on whale sizes, behaviors, and conservation status.
2. Living In The Ocean Blue
Whales are intelligent, aquatic
MAMMALS. Yes whales are mammals
They breath air through blowholes
(unlike fish who breath through gills).
Whales can move easily though the
water.
They are the only mammals besides
manatees who live their entire lives in
water.
3. Size of Whales
The biggest whale
the blue whale can
grow up to 94 feet
long - the height of a
9-story building! The
smallest whale the
dwarf sperm whale
as an adult is only
8.5 feet long.
4. Endangered Whales
Many of the whale species are on the
endangered list. Most baleen whales
(the huge whales targeted by whalers)
are either on the endangered list or the
protected list. Starting in the 1800’s
people hunted these beautiful creatures.
Now the whaling has died down but
people still hunt them to keep ancestors
traditions.
5. Did You Know???
Narwhals are an type of toothed whale.
They are warm-blooded animals.
The blue whale is the largest animal in
the sea.
Whales nurse, protect, and feed their
young.
The two parts of a whales tail are called
flukes.
