Wonderful Whales
Dive into the ocean with giants of the deep.
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- WHALE – Whales are mammals, not fish. They breathe air!
- BLUE – The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
- ORCA – Orcas are actually the biggest kind of dolphin.
- HUMPBACK – Humpbacks sing long songs that can last for hours.
- BELUGA – Belugas are white and chirp and whistle like birds.
- NARWHAL – A narwhal's long tusk is really a tooth!
- DOLPHIN – Dolphins whistle and click to talk to each other.
- OCEAN – Whales swim in all of the Earth's oceans.
- WAVE – Waves are made by wind blowing across the water.
- FIN – Orcas have a tall fin on their back.
- FLUKE – The pattern on a humpback's tail is different for every whale.
- TAIL – A whale swims by moving its tail up and down.
- BLOWHOLE – Whales breathe through a blowhole on top of their heads.
- SONG – Whale songs can travel a very long way through the water.
- KRILL – Blue whales eat millions of tiny krill every day.
- PLANKTON – Plankton are tiny plants and animals that drift in the sea.
- SPOUT – A whale's spout is a puff of warm breath and water.
- BREACH – A whale leaping out of the water is called a breach.
- DIVE – Some whales can dive for more than an hour.
- SEA – The sea is salty because rivers carry tiny bits of salt to it.
- CALF – A baby whale is called a calf and drinks its mum’s milk.
- TUSK – A narwhal tusk can grow over two metres long.
- SWIM – Some whales swim thousands of kilometres every year.
- FLIPPER – Whales use their flippers to steer.
- BALEEN – Baleen is a comb-like filter some whales use to catch food.
- SQUID – Some whales hunt squid in the deep, dark sea.
- SEAL – Seals and whales are both sea mammals.
- MIGRATE – Many whales migrate to warm water to have their babies.