Wikibooks: Adventist Adventurer Awards/Whales

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Adventist_Adventurer_Awards/Whales

Adventist Adventurer Awards/Header unbeam = Pick one whale to study. = Belugas are extremely sociable mammals that live hunt and migrate together in pods ranging from a few individuals to hundreds of whales. Their bulbous forehead called a melon” is flexible and capable of changing shape. This allows them to make different facial expressions. Belugas can produce a series of chirps clicks whistles and squeals which give the beluga its other name the canary of the sea. They may sound like music or even nonsense to us but to fellow belugas they convey important information. Many populations of belugas migrate as the sea ice changes in the Arctic. They move south in the fall as the ice forms and then return to feed again in the spring as the ice breaks up. They can also be found near river mouths and sometimes even venture up river. Belugas feed on a variety of fish species such as salmon and herring as well as shrimp crabs and mollusks. POPULATION over 150 000 SCIENTIFIC NAME Delphinapterus leucas WEIGHT 1500 3500 pounds (up to 1.5 tons) LENGTH 8.5 to 22 feet HABITATS Oceans = Is a whale a mammal or a fish? = Whales and porpoises are also mammals . There are 75 species of dolphins whales and porpoises living in the ocean. They are the only mammals other than manatees that spend their entire lives in the water. = What is the size of the whale when full grown? = But how big is a full grown whale? On average it grows to be about 59 feet long (18 meters) . However the largest known Right Whales grew to be 65 feet (19.8 meters). Being solidly built Right Whales are significantly heavier than other whales weighing around 100 tons. Belugas are about 5 feet long at birth and weigh 90–130 pounds. Adults grow to be 11–15 feet long . Females are smaller than males rarely growing over 12 feet. Reports of adult beluga weights vary from 1000–3300 pounds. = Draw full size whale in a parking lot with sidewalk chalk? = = Learn five facts about your whale such as suggested below? = = What it eats = Whale love to eat krill ...