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Whale -- Fin Whale-- Lee Whitehouse -- Pupils Work
Fin whales are extremely fast swimmers, with speeds in excess of 20 km/ hour. A fin whale tagged in Iceland covered 3,000 km in 1O days! They are unique among whales in that they are ... side of the head and baleen are dark, while the right side of the head and baleen are white. Fin whales have been observed to swim toward their prey (krill and small fish), roll onto their right sides, ...
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Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) The Oceania Project - Caring for Whales, Dolphins and the Oceans Information about Individual Species of Cetacea Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) MarineBio.org:Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) University of Rhode Island - Sounds in the Sea - Fin Whales Suggest other links | Homepage | SoundNet | ...
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WWF - Fin whale
(EN A1abd) Population Between 50,000-90,000 individuals This information has been reviewed. The fin whale, the second largest living mammal, has been severely impacted worldwide by commercial whaling. Nearly ... black. The reason for this unusual coloring is unknown, but some scientists have speculated that fin whales circle schools of fish with the white side facing the prey and frightening them ...
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ScienceDaily: Fin Whale
"Finback" redirects here. For the U.S. submarines of this name, see USS Finback. ? Fin Whale Conservation status: Endangered Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: ... metre shorter. Northern specimens are between 21 m and 23 m long. Even at birth Fin Whales weigh in excess of 3,000 kg - more than half the weight of a ...
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STW - Fin Whale
It swims at 5-15 miles an hour with faster bursts ... Can Do Balloon Alert Letter Writing Campaign Your Senators and Representatives Children's Poetry Contest Adopt A Whale Kit T Shirts & Tote Bags Stuffed Animals Books and CD's Puzzles & Games Notecards Earrings / Jewelry ...
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Fin whale
Antarctic oceans. In the lower Bay of Fundy, fin whales were found to be distributed mainly in shallow areas with high topographic variation. Underwater sills or ledges may be an important feature of fin whale feeding habitat, as are areas of upwelling and interfaces between mixed and stratified waters. Like other ...
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Discovering Whales - The Fin Whale
Whale Mysticeti - Baleen Whales The Balaenopteridae Family The baleen apparatus is at its most extravagant in this species. The head is huge, in some species up to 40 per cent of ... fixed into a single unit to support the enormous body weight. Home > Discover > Fin Whale SITEMAP The Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus General Information Sighting Information Distribution Map Current Research WHALES ON ...
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ScienceDaily: Whale
Their communication system may contain some of the elements of true language, although our knowledge of whale communications is not very advanced. Many other animals, including insects, have complex social systems, and ... the word "porpoise" is often used to refer to ... > full article Fin Whale -- The Fin Whale, also called the Finback Whale, is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whales suborder. ...
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The Whale Museum News
Wandering Orcas Make First Appearance of Spring 5/20/06 Preliminary Findings from Fin Whale Necropsy 5/19/06 Arctic Harp Seals Show Up on U.S. Beaches 5/18/06 Exam ... runoff 4/6/06 Chemicals tainting orcas' dinner 3/29/06 EXCLUSIVE: SEASON OF SLAUGHTER 3/29/06 Killer Whale Safari 3/24/06 Seabirds mysteriously dying off Oregon 3/24/06 Lawsuit challenges protection of orcas 3/ ...
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History of The Whale Museum
Soundwatch from the federal government, as well as increased international cooperation on whale watching. Examples are the Museum's partnership with the Canadian Marine Mammal Monitoring Project, and ... the Museum's Marine Mammal Stranding Network responded to a report of a 53-foot-long fin whale carcass in the Salish Sea. Following the necropsy at the University of Washington Friday ...
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