Humpback Whales

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Humpback Whales

• Jessica Tucker
• Shayla Garvin
• 3rd

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Web Sites
American Encyclopedia www.Yahoo.com
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Megaptera Noveangline

• Is the scientific for Humpback Whales
• They eat Krill
• At the adult age they are 55 ft long.

Humpback whales belong to the Mysticetes group
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• The humpback Whale live in the Southern Ocean
  around Antarctica
• The whales take care of their young until they
  are grown.

• It is an Endangered Species.
• Only 1250 may be killed each year.

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• The last whale station closed in 1978 due to the
  lack of whales, a decline in demands for whale
  products, and pressure from environmental groups

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55 ft
16 ft
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• Millions of years ago, whales involved from land
  dwelling animals. The skeletal structures of some
  whales still have traces of hind legs, and some
  species of whales still have hair on their heads.

To this
From this
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• The muscles of the upper rear legs have become a
  powerful tail stock, enabling some whales to swim
  at speed over 20miles an hour.

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• A nostril, called a blow hole is located on the
  top of the head, so very little of the animal has
  to surface to breathe.

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To this
The forelimbs of the whales are flippers of
varying length, with a bone structure similar to
a human arm.
From this
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