Save the whales

Saving the whales

Why do we need to protect them?

What is the cause of the population decreasing in number?

What is being done to help them?

how is successful is this help?

 

habitat: they live in the ocean.

food: schooling squid, krill, crab larvae, herring eggs, ghost shrimp, and small bait fish such as capelin. They also eat plankton

breeding: before whales breed they travel several thousand miles. 

facts

The biggest whale in the whole world is the blue whale. The blue whale's heart is the size of BMW and it is 450kgs 

• The blue whale is the largest living animal on this planet and can grow to be over 90 ft. and weigh 150 tons or more.
• The dwarf sperm whale is smallest of the whale species and can grow up to 9 ft. in length and weigh up to 600 pounds.
• The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whale suborder and can grow as long as 65 ft. and weigh over 62 short tons.
• Baird’s beaked whale in comparison is the second largest of the toothed whale suborder and can grow to a length of 42 ft. and weigh around 15 tons.
• killer whale aka Orca is actually a dolphin. In fact, the killer whale happens to be the largest of the dolphin species (hence the name whale) and can grow to be larger than 25 ft. long and weigh over 6 tons.
• Maui’s dolphin is considered the smallest marine mammal in the dolphin family as it can measure 4 – 6 ft. long and weigh between 95 – 115 lbs.

Whales

• Whales live in the sea
• sperm whales they like waters that are ice-free and 3000 deep. 
• They mostly eat squids and octopus's
• threats commercial protest against whales/ also illegal in 1986
• they are mammals 
• sperm whales oil gets taken
• sperm whales tongue is the same as an elephant 
• whales get sunburn
• humans killed 28 million whales in a century
• whales largest tooth predator