How can we, as concerned & compassionate global citizens, help WHALES?
May 7, 2014
Favorite whale facts we've learned so far…
Abby: "Even though the blue whale is the largest whale, it doesn't have the largest baleen plates."
Andrew: "Whales, like their relatives dolphins and porpoises, are the only mammals to live in the water their whole lives."
Angela: "The pilot whale has a big melon."
Cole: "A killer whale can eat a shark."
Corrina: "Stranded means stuck on shore."
Dana: "Killer whales can kill a shark in an instant."
Esther: "Only male narwhal whales have tusks."
Finnegan: "Whales use their blowholes to make sounds."
Finn: "A blue whale can make a sound that is louder than a jet engine."
Gordon: "A whale's forehead is called a melon."
Iris: "Only baleen whales have grooves. Grooves help them make space to get the water in and out."
Juliet: "A minke whale is the smallest baleen whale and their baleen is a whitish-brown color."
Kacey: "A whale's spray smells stale and fishy!"
Lachlan: "A pilot whale weighs 2 tons. 1 ton = 2,000 pounds so it weighs 4,000 pounds."
Lowell: "You can tell what kind of whale it is by the look of the spray out a whale's blowhole."
Mackenzie: "A baby blue whale is the size of an elephant."
Margaux: "The narwhal's tusk has nerves. Its tusk is its horn."
Marley: "Narwhals only have 1 tooth but a female narwhal doesn't have a tusk."
Matteo: "A killer whale could flip a shark, kill it, and eat it. It would win the fight."
Max: "An orca is the biggest dolphin."
Nicholas: "The blue whale may be big, but its baleen is small."
Penelope: "Krill can grow to about 6 or so cm. long. We saw the bigger krill from the antarctic."
Rowan: "The fin whale's nickname is the razorback."
Sydney: "The right whale got its name because hunters called it the 'right whale to hunt.' It's a slow swimmer and floats once killed."
William: "A blue whale can weigh as much as 35 elephants."
Favorite whale facts we've learned so far…
Abby: "Even though the blue whale is the largest whale, it doesn't have the largest baleen plates."
Andrew: "Whales, like their relatives dolphins and porpoises, are the only mammals to live in the water their whole lives."
Angela: "The pilot whale has a big melon."
Cole: "A killer whale can eat a shark."
Corrina: "Stranded means stuck on shore."
Dana: "Killer whales can kill a shark in an instant."
Esther: "Only male narwhal whales have tusks."
Finnegan: "Whales use their blowholes to make sounds."
Finn: "A blue whale can make a sound that is louder than a jet engine."
Gordon: "A whale's forehead is called a melon."
Iris: "Only baleen whales have grooves. Grooves help them make space to get the water in and out."
Juliet: "A minke whale is the smallest baleen whale and their baleen is a whitish-brown color."
Kacey: "A whale's spray smells stale and fishy!"
Lachlan: "A pilot whale weighs 2 tons. 1 ton = 2,000 pounds so it weighs 4,000 pounds."
Lowell: "You can tell what kind of whale it is by the look of the spray out a whale's blowhole."
Mackenzie: "A baby blue whale is the size of an elephant."
Margaux: "The narwhal's tusk has nerves. Its tusk is its horn."
Marley: "Narwhals only have 1 tooth but a female narwhal doesn't have a tusk."
Matteo: "A killer whale could flip a shark, kill it, and eat it. It would win the fight."
Max: "An orca is the biggest dolphin."
Nicholas: "The blue whale may be big, but its baleen is small."
Penelope: "Krill can grow to about 6 or so cm. long. We saw the bigger krill from the antarctic."
Rowan: "The fin whale's nickname is the razorback."
Sydney: "The right whale got its name because hunters called it the 'right whale to hunt.' It's a slow swimmer and floats once killed."
William: "A blue whale can weigh as much as 35 elephants."
Investigating blubber...
First we held our hands in icy-cold water and it was FRIGID!! The, we put on the "mystery glove" and with the glove, our hands could hang out in the icy water all day, but then our teacher told us it was time to move on to a different activity!