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12 Facts about Whales

  • You can tell the age of a whale by counting the rings in its earwax.
  • A natural predator of the Moose is the Killer Whale.They have been known to prey on moose swimming around America's Northwest Coast.
  • The water in a blue whale's mouth weighs as much as its entire body.
  • Many expensive perfumes contain whale poop.
  • A blue whale is larger than a basketball court.
  • There's only one all-white humpback whale known in the world.
  • Whales drown if they remain underwater for over 30 minutes.
  • Despite their massive size,blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill, tiny shrimp like animals about the size of a jelly bean.
  • A blue whale's heart can be as large as a car.
  • Whale sharks can live up to 100 years.
  • Grey whales always mate in threesome : two males to one female.
  • The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibles, the noise can be detected over 800km (500mi) away.
By,Dharshini.
Humpback Whale

Blue Whale
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