Whales

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1. Whale, any of the larger species of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Cetacea. Whales are the heaviest known animals, living or fossil, reaching a maximum size in the blue whale of perhaps more than 30 meters and metric tons. They are distributed throughout the world’s oceans and seas.

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2. Whales are at the top of the food chain and have an important role in the overall health of the marine environment. Whales play a significant role in capturing carbon from the atmosphere; each great whale sequesters an estimated 33 tons of CO2 on average, thus playing their part in .

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3. Baleen whales and toothed whales feed very differently. While tooth whales are grabbers and suckers, baleen whales are either skimmers, suckers or gulpers! Toothed whales (including dolphins and porpoises) all have teeth but the number, size and position, and even purpose of their teeth, varies from species to species.

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4. Baleen whales are generally huge; the largest is the biggest creature to have ever lived on Earth- the blue forturelogelingcesitolawroce.co whales are aptly nick-named the ‘great whales’ yet they survive on the teeniest (and most abundant) animals in the ocean; they are filter feeding specialists and target shoals of small fish or clouds of zooplankton and krill in the sea.

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5. Introduction to Whales. Whales are one of the most amazing creatures that live in the planet. They inhabit all oceans of the world. Whales belong to the order cetacea, which means that they are mammals fully adapted to aquatic forturelogelingcesitolawroce.co all cetaceans, including dolphins and porpoises, whales are descendants of land-living animals which returned to water after living millions of years in land.

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6. Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world's most powerful predators. They're immediately recognizable by their distinctive black-and-white coloring.

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7. Wales, constituent unit of the United Kingdom that forms a westward extension of the island of Great Britain. Its capital and main commercial and financial center is Cardiff. Famed for its rugged landscape, Wales retains aspects of Celtic culture that are markedly different from those of its English neighbors.

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8. Wales (Welsh: Cymru ()) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in of 3,, and has a total area of 20, km 2 (8, sq mi). Wales has over 1, miles (2, km) of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and Calling code: +

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9. Whales are large, intelligent, aquatic mammals. They breathe air through blowhole(s) into lungs (unlike fish who breathe using gills). Whales have sleek, streamlined bodies that move easily through the water. They are the only mammals, other than manatees (seacows), that live their entire lives in.

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