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Whow.
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Blue Whale heart
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Whale Facts
- Whales can be found on every coastline except West Africa
- Whales are unable to look up
- Humpack whales only migrate every 6 years
- The smallest whale is the Pygmy Porpoise, native to Guatemala, at 2 metres in length
- Whales are descended from antelope-like ancestors
- The closest living relative of Whales is the manatee
- Sperm Whales are unable to ejaculate more than once in a day
- The only type of whale that can still be legally hunted is the blue whale, this is because they’re too large so harpoons don’t affect them anyways
- Whales are thought to be able to live to 500 years old, but this has yet to be proven as the oldest ones keep dying due to other causes
- The most common pun in the world is to replace “well” with “whale” when discussing the ocean
- Whale faeces has the highest density of any animal-produced substance
- Minke Whales are thought to have a symbiotic relationship with the European mink, a mustelid that is known to rest on a Whales back whilst cleaning it of dead skin and parasites
- Whale tears are composed mostly of excess nitrogen from accidentally ingesting algae
- Absolutely none of these facts are true, I hope some of you opened google at least once while reading it to call me out
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“If they’re so smart why do they spend all their time in the water? Just swimming, and eating, and singing, and - oh my God I want to be a whale.”
Went on a whale watch and met Etch-A-Sketch off the coast of Massachusetts yesterday (Quote from Good Omens tv show!)
Apparently, whales off the MA coast have a new feeding behavior of hitting the water a few times with their flukes and then swooping up to get all the food that got disturbed. This is also accompanied by some bubble feeding!
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In The Know Conservation Canada has banned whale captivity
Dolphins and whales in Canada are finally free in Canada
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A 392 year-old shark found in the Arctic. This guy was wandering the oceans back in 1627.
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Happy Whale Day, Dishonored!
February 16th is World Whale Day (always around the third Sunday in February)!
Nice.
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A whale of a mouthful by Michael AW (Australia). A Bryde’s whaleSuperfamily: Balaenopteroidea, Genus: Balaenoptera rips through a swirling ball of sardines, gulping a huge mouthful in a single pass. Photograph: Michael AW/2015
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Off the coast of the Vava‘u islands, a newborn humpback whale—perhaps less than a week old—drifts near the placid surface. Already about 15 feet long, it could grow to 50 feet. These waters are a prime calving ground for the species. KARIM ILIYA
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A smiling beluga whale 🐳
Source: zoofari.ca