All About Whales

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All About Whales

• By
• Pat Hoffman

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A Whale is NOT a Fish

• Whales are warm blooded.
• Whales have lungs and breathe air
• Whales have blowholes
• Whales are born live
• Whales have smooth skin.

• Fish are cold-blooded
• Fish have gills
• Fish get oxygen from the water
• Fish hatch from eggs
• Fish have scales

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Sizing up Whales

• Whales come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
• The blue whale can measure to be about 100 feet
  long

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Thar She Blows

• A baleen whale has two blowholes
• A toothed whale has just one blowhole
• Whales can be identified by their blows.