Blue whales, balsenoptera musculus, are the largest animals on Earth. They measure 65 to 105 feet (20 to 32 meters) and weigh anywhere from 100 to 200 tons (90,718 to 181,437 kilograms) with females being larger than males. Their heads make up around 25 percent of their entire body length. Like all whales, blue whales ...
The vast oceans, seas, and gulfs of our planet have long been the source of captivating tales of giant squid, sharks bigger than man has before seen, or one that has been a classic for centuries – an enormous whale with a supernatural ability to elude its predators and ultimately destroy them. It is likely ...
Beluga whales, delphinapterus leucas, are also commonly referred to as white whales and are one of the smallest whale species in the world. They measure 11 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) in length, and weigh anywhere from 2,000 to 3,307 pounds (907 to 1500 kilograms) with males being larger than females. As their ...
The Humpback Whale is an amazing yet majestic giant whale, which is known as the Megaptera Novaeangliae species. People travel by boat to the warm coastal waters, in order to watch the whales as the play in their normal habitat. Many companies offer an experience of inexpensive whale watching for tour groups all over the ...
Soon my husband will ask me, “What do you want for your birthday?” My common response is, “I want to go whale watching.” This was never a problem until a couple of years ago, when we moved to Kansas. Then I made a horrible discovery. There are no whales in Kansas! I lived San Diego ...
When the cable channel Animal Planet aired its semi-reality show called Whale Wars recently, I grew interested in the program because I’d been reading a recently published book about whaling titled Harpoon by Australian author Andrew Darby (da Capo Press). The book mentions Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who is the focus ...
The largest animals that ever lived, with brains larger than humans, whales were land beasts that, eons ago, returned to the ocean. From Bar Harbor all the way down the coast of Maine, whales can be seen cruising and frolicking throughout the summer. Six whale species can be seen along Maine’s coast: three great whites ...
According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare press release, Paul Won of Yarmouth Port, Ma., has won the IFAW Help Save the Humpback Whale Drawing Contest. Paul Won, an 11 year-old from Massachusetts has won the national grand prize in the IFAW Help Save the Humpback Whale Drawing Contest that nearly 12,000 participants submitted ...
Whale watching is a famous tourist attraction for visitors of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cabo San Lucas is located in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur or BCS. It encompasses the southern tip of the western peninsula of Mexico which extends directly beneath the U.S. state of California. Whale watching season begins in January ...
Although nobody knows exactly how the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will affect the ocean ecology, the body of a dead sperm whale found in the gulf has raised scientists suspicion that it was an oil spill related death. The corpse had been decaying for perhaps days and was within 77 miles of the oil ...
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