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The orca (Orcinus orca) is a toothed black and white whale that is a very fast swimmer and an efficient predator that eats fish, squid, and marine mammals. Their only enemy is human beings. They live in small, close-knit, life-long pods and have 1 blowhole.

Welcome to site 10 on the dolphin ring! By diving into these pages you'll find yourself immersed in many wild dolphin stories and pictures ~~~ Please enter my pages by clicking on the beautiful wild dolphin below ~~~ If only I could leave this awful place and find the tranquil waters of the sea to swim with your abandon and your grace and lead your life so simple and so free. But I must travel ...

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The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a small toothed whale that is white as an adult. It has no dorsal fin and has a blunt head. Belugas grow to be about 15 feet (4.6 m) long on average and weigh roughly 3, 300 pounds (1, 500 kg). Beluga whales live in frigid Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, but many migrate to warmer water in the summer. Beluga whales are also known as sea canaries because of ...

The narwhal, a whale with a long, twisted tooth, swims in Arctic waters. Narwhals can grow to be about 16 feet (4.5 m) long (not counting the tooth), and weigh about 1.8 tons. Females are slightly smaller, about 13 feet (4 m) long, weighing 1 ton (0.9 tonnes). At birth, narwhals are about 5 feet (1.5 m) long and 175 pounds (80 kg).

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Welcome to NATURE on the Web. Each week, we present a Web piece based on the program scheduled to be aired on PBS. NATURE dives to the depths of the sea with SPERM WHALES, massive marine mammals who inhabit the world's oceans. Learn the facts behind the mystique of the sperm whale, the mammal immortalized by Herman Melville in MOBY DICK. In a special Q and A interview, meet whale researcher ...

Beluga Whales A Sea World Education Department Resource Contents Scientific Classification Habitat and Distribution Physical Characteristics Senses Adaptations for an Aquatic Environment Behavior Diet and Eating Habits Reproduction Birth and Care of Young Communication and Echolocation Longevity and Causes of Death Conservation References and Bibliography Books for Young Readers Index Goals of ...

Orcas in Captivity Kim 2 (Marineland Antibes, France) A look at killer whales in aquariums and parks Current number of known orcas in captivity: 48 For pictures of a certain whale simply click on the whale's name! sorted by date of capture/birth NAME MOTHER SEX ORIGIN CAPT./BORN AQUARIUM REMARKS Corky 2 / A16 A23 F BC, Canada 12/1969 Sea World California Corky is a member of the Northern ...

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Beluga Whales are small (3 - 5m) toothed whales that inhabit coastal and estuarine areas, often with pack ice, in arctic and subarctic areas of the northern hemisphere. They can be recognized by their white color, prominent rounded melon, stout body shape and lack of dorsal fin. To learn more about beluga whales, select from the following: Various names given to beluga whales Beluga whale ...

Vikings Looking Both Ways Arctic Wildlife Crossroads/Continents Yup'ik Masks Alutiiq Dance Arctic Social Sciences Repatriation Yamal Ainu Get Plug-ins Help Printing Credits Copyright Smithsonian Institution, 2002. All rights reserved. Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas Beluga or white whales are not born white. They are grey at birth and get lighter and lighter until at about age six they ...

Belugas du Saint-Laurent Saint Lawrence beluga Les belugas qui vivent dans l'Estuaire du Saint-Laurent sont des vestiges de la faune arctique que les glaciers ont laisses derriere eux, il y a plus de 10, 000 ans. L'habitat aquatique ou ils sont en quelque sorte emprisonnes draine actuellement le quart le plus industrialise d'Amerique du Nord. Il n'est donc pas surprenant que les tissus de ces ...

Pilot Whale (Globicephala melaena) common Newfoundland names: pothead, blackfish General Information About Pilot Whales. Up to Previous Page ...

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Sperm Whale Physeter catodon The sperm whale, or cachalot, is one of the cetaceans, a group of marine mammals whose ancestors were probably land animals. Large males attain a length of 20 m and weigh as much as 50 tons. They range across most of the world s oceans, but they are most usually found in those latitudes inhabited by the giant squid which is their favourite source of prey. The whale ...

The Sperm Whale His legs trapped in the whale's mouth, Nye felt himself dragged under the sea . (Copyright Lee Krystek 1998) March 1863: The long boat approached the sperm whale slowly. On board Peleg Nye, of Cape Cod, readied his bomb lance harpoon. Taking careful aim, he fired at the massive creature's blue-black skin. The animal struggled, then stopped. Thinking the whale was dead , the crew ...

The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale and lives in pods. It grows to be about 50 feet (15 m) long. It lives at the surface but dives very deeply to catch the giant squid that it eats.

The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a toothed whale with a relatively small head, short broad beak, ...

Narwhal Monodon monoceros Narwhals are one of the most recognizable yet least understood of all whale species. There is debate, for example, on the purpose of the famous narwhal horn, once believed to belong to unicorns. The horn is an extremely elongated, hollow tooth which always spirals counter-clockwise from the left side of the skull. It can measure 2.5 to 2.7 m long (8-9 ft.). There ...

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Source: Grindabod, - the newsletter of whales and whaling in the Faroe Islands, No 2, June 1996, Department of Fisheries, Faroe Islands Bottlenose - the Prince of Whales For centuries, the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) - or d glingur , as it is known in Faroese - has been a regular visitor to the Faroe Islands. Unlike pilot whales, however, bottlenose whales have only ...