Learn About Whales

Whales are actually related to Cows and Camels.

Alien yet familiar Animals, Whales are Mammals who have totally adapted to the ocean, which is a hostile environment to air breathers. Scientists believe that the ancestor for Whales was a fish-eating land Mammal, related to modern hoofed Mammals. Further DNA tests show that Whales are actually related to Cows and Camels.

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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Today Show Book Club #25) by Christopher Moore

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Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound by David Rothenberg

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The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

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Beluga whales

Beluga whales have a flexible neck due to cervical vertebrae (backbone) that are not fused, as in other cetaceans. This allows them to move their head up, down, and to the side. Their bulbous forehead, called a melon, is also very flexible allowing them to make many different facial expressions. Movement of the melon is associated with the production of sounds

List of whale species

Sperm Whale
Sperm whales feed chiefly on squid, octopus, and cuttlefish. A gray, cheeselike substance called ambergris, valuable as a perfume fixative, forms in the whale's intestine around the irritating, undigested beaks of squids. It is often expelled by vomiting and floats in chunks on the water.
Blue Whale
The calf is nursed for 6 months and reaches puberty in about 3 years. Blue whales may live 100 years or more.
Fin Whale
Fin Whales are enormous animals. The longest specimens - typically females found in Southern Hemisphere populations can be up to 26 m in length and weigh 120,000 kg.
Bryde's Whale
Bryde's Whales are the least-known and in many ways the most unusual of the rorquals. They are small by rorqual standards-no more than about 25 tonnes-prefer tropical and temperate waters to the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent;
Humpback Whale
Alongside its aerial acrobatics, the Humpback Whale is well known for its long and complex "song". The whale repeats patterns of low notes that vary in amplitude and frequency in consistent patterns over a period of hours or even days. The songs only occur during the mating season, so it is supposed that the song is used for courting. Also interesting is the fact that a whale's unique song slowly evolves over a period of years -never returning to the same sequence of notes even after decades.
Right Whale
They were so named by whalers, who for centuries considered them "the right whales" to hunt, because they float when killed and because they yield enormous quantities of oil and of baleen. Baleen, or whalebone, is the substance forming the fringed, triangular plates that hang from the roof of the whale's mouth and serve as a filter for plankton. It commanded such a high price in the 19th cent.
Minke Whale
Pygmy Right Whale
Bowhead Whale
Gray Whale
Sei Whale
Narwhal
Beluga
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Giant beaked whale
Shepherd's Beaked Whale
Longman's Beaked Whale
Bottlenose whale
Mesoplodont whale
Right whale dolphin
Pilot Whale

Links

Ocean Alliance: Dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment, includes useful information on whales and research.
World Whale Police: Mission is to educate the public about the necessity for marine mammal protection and to raise public awareness of safety through lectures, includes information on stopping the whale hunt.
Campaign Whale: A non-profit organization set up to protect whales, dolphins and their habitats, provides information for young people, how you can help, issues, press releases, and campaign reports.
Welcome to Wild Whales: Is a resource web site for the cetaceans. It focuses on humpback and killer whale research, as well as conservation and habitat stewardship.
Center for Oceanic Research and Education: An organization dedicated to the study and conservation of cetaceans in their marine habitat includes research trips, adoption, membership, links, and photos.
International Marine Mammal Project: Works to make oceans safe for marine mammals worldwide by including take-action alerts, campaigns, and membership.
Greenpeace Global Whale Sanctuary Petition: Calls for the creation of a global whale sanctuary to help put an end to commercial whaling.
The Marine Connection: Includes rescues, latest news, campaigns, special events, adoption, education, and information.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: Provides information about how you can help whales, projects and campaigns, publications, sightings and strandings, species guide, and whale watching.
Marine Mammal Research and Education: Seeking new heights in marine mammal research, education, and conservation by informing the public of upwelling, and membership.
Oceanic Society and Oceanic Society Expeditions: Conducts whale watch, participatory research projects, and natural history expeditions for the public.
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary: This sanctuary was established to protect the humpback whales. Includes news and events, weather, education, and research.
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: Aims to educate the public about whales and dolphins, includes information on research, education, and conservation.
Science and Conservation of Large Whales: An online scientific and educational resource for both researchers and the general public, providing relevant news, reviews, and information about great whales around the world.
Whales Online: Provides information, news, and highlights of research work on the conservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Southern Hemisphere.
Blue Voice: Working to save dolphin and whale species and offers the latest up-to-date news on whales, and dolphins.
Alaska Whales: Provides information on research and general information about humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales, northern right whales, bowhead whales, and minke whales.
Cetacean Society International home page: Works for the protection of cetaceans worldwide.
OrcaLab: Its purpose is long-term study of the orcas which inhabit this area, and evaluation of human impacts on them.
NRDC- Whales and Marine Animals: Includes information on the threats to whales, and on various NRDC-led campaigns to protect them and their natural habitats.

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This book is universally recognised in the whale conservation world as the best of all field guides to whales, dolphins and porpoises. It has no peer for accuracy of information, and the drawings of species are the most reliable you can find. The organisation I am with, the Whale and Seal Foundation, gives a copy to every student in our marine mammal rescue workshop where we train government agencies and carer groups in whale rescue including species identification.