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Bookmark or Share- Whale | Species | WWF - World Wildlife FundWhales roam throughout all of the world's oceans, communicating with complex and mysterious sounds. Their sheer size amazes us: the blue whale can reach lengths of more than 100 feet and weigh up to 200 tons—as much as 33 elephants. Despite living in the water, whales breathe air.
- Whale - WikipediaSuperfamily Inioidea (South American river dolphins) Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises.
- Whales - Smithsonian OceanWhen we think of whales, the enormous ones that filter tiny plankton from seawater with their baleen-fringed upper jaw often come first to mind (like the right whale in the picture above). But cetaceans also include dolphins, porpoises and other toothed whales, and in total contain more than 80 different species.
- Whale | Definition, Types, & Facts | BritannicaWhale, 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 200 metric tons. They are distributed throughout the world’s oceans and seas.
- 10 Wonderful Whale Facts - NOAA Fisheries10 Wonderful Whale Facts. January 13, 2020. How much do you know about different species of whales? As we celebrate Whale Week, take a look at some interesting tidbits and see if you learn something new about these majestic creatures.
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