The Largest Mammal On Earth

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The Largest Mammal On Earth! By Remington
Smith 4th grade MRS.Beck Sparta Elementary
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There are two kind of whales.They are called
toothed and baleen whales. The baleen whales can
only swallow there food whole. Like the blue
whale, gray whale, and humpback whale. Then there
are the toothed whales. The toothed whales chew
their food. Like the killer whale,bottlenose
dolphin, false killer whale, and the sperm whale.
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Baleen

• Blue whale
• Fin whale
• Minkie whale
• Bryde whale
• Humpback whale
• Bowhead whale
• Pygmy whale

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Toothed

• Beluga whale
• Narwhal whale
• Killer whale
• Pilot whale
• Sperm whale
• Melon-head whale
• Bottlenose dolphin
• Spotted dolphin

• False killer whale

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Fin whale can reach maximum length up to 79 to
88 feet. Calves are 19.5to 21 feet long . Like
other fin whales, fin whales are filter feeders.
Fin whales primarily eat krill. Other small
invertebrates and fish their baleen is striped a
yellowish white and bluish gray. Fin whales are
black or Brownish gray with white belly. their
dorsal fin can be 60 cm tall. Fin whales are
found in temperate and polar waters.
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The blue whale grow to 27 meters long, 64,000kg.
Calves are about 7 meters long and 2,700 to
3,600 kg at birth. Like other baleen whales
primarily eat krill. There baleen is black,
depending on the size of the whale. They can have
260 to 400 plats of baleen on the side of its
mouth. Blue whales are found in all the oceans of
the world. As you may have guessed, their
command name,blue whalerefers to the color of
their skin. They are a bluish gray color. During
the first 8 months they can double in length
reaching an average of 15 meters and they can
gain as much as 90 kg a day! Blue whales have
been hunted for their blubber. During the whaling
era blue whales, like other baleen whale, were
hunted extensively. Unfortunately, in their
greed-based on the high demanded for
products made from around the world didnt
monitor their catches and these whales were over
hunted to dangerously low numbers.Today, blue
whales are protected from hunting by various
laws.It is estimated the current world
population is 9,000 individuals. They are listed
in the endangered by the Inuk/world
conservation monitoring center, we hope blue
whales make a strong comeback like gray whales.
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The killer and false killer whales sizes are 24
feet and weigh between 3,000 and 8,000 lb. Males
can grow to 27 feet and weigh 12,000lb. They are
found in north and south pole from the Indian
ocean to the Atlantic. Killer and false killer
whales eat fish,squid,seals,sea lions, penguin,
and even other whales.killer and false killer
whales can live up to 35 years old. Killer and
false killer whales are mammals. The males fin is
very tall 6 feet tall. The female is shorter 3
feet tall and curves back toward the dorsal fin.
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WORK CITED

• www.whale times.org
• www.orca family.jpg
• www.false killer whalemap2.jpg
• www.blue whale top. gif.
• www.blue whale map2. jpg