Whales Order Cetacea: (from the Latin word cetus meaning sea monster)
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WhalesOrder Cetacea:
(from the Latin word cetus meaning sea monster)
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Whales are Mammals
• Live birth• Warm-blooded• Breathe air• Have hair (very little, why?)
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Two suborders of whales
• Toothed Whales (Odontoceti)
– Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, pilot whales, sperm whales
• Baleen Whales (Mysticeti)
– Right, Blue, Gray, Fin, Humpback, and Minke Whales
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmritter/2684355198/http://www.flickr.com/photos/twinsis/2500638119/
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Baleen Whales Feed in Two Different Ways
• Humpback whales gulp and strain– Gray whales
excavate by gulping and straining sediment
• Right Whales skim, filter and lick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9052612@N08/672510822/http://www.flickr.com/photos/masseea/4541027130/
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Adaptations of Whales
• Streamlined bodies• Reduced hair• Tail adapted as fluke• Fused bones in the front “hands” make great
flippers for swimming• Layer of blubber for insulation and energy
reservoir
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How are whales different from sharks?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/229828080_166b9c3f50.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stjenna/2792732261/
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Staying Warm
Copyright Leif Rasmuson BLUBBER
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Beluga
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gandalf_grey/199275774/
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Orca
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgovoni/2079011332/
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Blue Whale
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38504374@N02/3595598504/http://www.flickr.com/photos/38504374@N02/3594017307/in/photostream/
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Humpback Whale
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38504374@N02/3591063943/
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What do whales eat?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76798465@N00/4170258894/http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrisonearl/4710812328/http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3347049488_28d9c60c4bhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stompy/11300916/
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Skeleton
http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2764499783/
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Whale Skull
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freedryk/86199297/