Archive for the 'Marine Mammals' Category
Environmental News Network sent a news release out today about a new report that states how Orca orca may die off if the numbers of king salmon continue to drop.
The research was published in the Royal Society Biology Letters. The leading cause of the death of the killer whales is actually “nutritional stress” from not [...]
A toddler can fit into a blue whale’s blowhole. The spray can reach up to 30 feet high.
The blue whale’s scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus.
Blue whales live in all oceans of the world.
A blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant.
Blue whales are the loudest animal on Earth reaching up to 188 decibels.
A blue whale’s [...]
Nope, here is a short list of terms used to describe certain groups of ocean animals when they congregate together.
Jellyfish swim in a smack.
Whales swim in a pod.
Herring swim in a seige.
Penguins walking together on land is called a waddle.
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The Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin will have a dorsal fin that is hooked while the Atlantic Harbor Porpoise will have a triangular dorsal fin.
If you are closer you will see other differences. For instance, the dolphin is about 7-12 feet as an adult while the porpoise gets to be about 6 feet. Also, the porpoise has [...]
Keep calm. Also, remain at least 100 feet back so as not to scare the animal back into the ocean. If the animal is injured you want to be sure to get experts there immediately to investigate. If you are on the Atlantic coast call one of the following members of the Northeast Stranding Center.
Maine: [...]
The whale shark is the largest fish on the planet. The largest one measures about 66 feet long and 74,957 pounds.
The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. The largest one measured about 110 feet and up to 400,000 pounds!
Don’t forget, the whale shark is a fish, not a whale.
Whales are [...]
