Beluga whale

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Beluga whale

• Delphinterus leucas
• Created by Landon and Jacob

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Classification

• Kingdom animalia
• Phylum chordate
• Class mammalia
• Order cefacea
• Family monodontidae
• Genus delphinapterus
• Species leucas

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Description

• Adult beluga whales are creamy white in color.
  When a beluga whale is born it is dark gray or
  bluish/brown gray in color and slowly changes to
  the creamy white found in adults at about five
  years. Their snout is very short and they do not
  have a dorsal fin. Rather, beluga whales have a
  low dorsal ridge. Beluga whales have a large
  rounded structure on the top of their heads
  (called a melon) that focuses sound waves for
  echolocation and sound production

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Habitat

• Beluga whales habitat is the icy water of the
  sub artic the baring sea of Alaska. They are
  generally found in shallow coastal waters. Also
  they use the greater ocean depths as well as
  rivers.

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Feeding

• They eat octopuses, squid, crabs, snails,
  crustaceans, variety of fish like capelin, cod,
  salmon, and pike.

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Special characteristics

• The beluga whale has cartilage around what would
  be a human wrist. The size of a beluga whale can
  be 18 feet. Also it can weigh up to 1.5 tons.

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Other interesting facts

• The Beluga Whale is called the white whale. Also
  it has been nicknamed sea canaries for its wide
  range of sounds. The beluga whale is the only
  white whale in the world. The life span of a
  beluga whale is 25 to 30 years.

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Bibliography

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