The WM Pet Connection

Image Credit: National Marine Mammal Laboratory

• Whales don’t chew their food before swallowing it.
•  Whales are at risk of being extinct since they are actively being hunted by man.
• Whales were originally land creatures. It’s believed they had hooves and fingers.
• Narwal female whales nurse their calf for 6 months.
• The toothed whale uses it teeth to break up large pieces of food.
• Whales come in two different categories: baleen and toothed.
• A right whale's blow hole is shaped like a V.
• Blue whales reproduce from fall to winter.
• Minke whales tend to live alone throughout their life.
• Some whales have one blow hole while others have two holes.  
• Some pilot whales have been seen nursing at ten years old
• Gray Whales have a filtering system to prevent them from consuming anything besides food.
• Blue whales are the largest in the world
• Sperm whale can dive deeper than any other whale.
• Conservation movements are taking place around the world to save the whale since many of the species are endangered from being slaughtered.
• Humpback whale can be heard 100 miles away.
• Male Whales are called Bulls.
• Some whales are picky eaters.
• Pilot whales spend most of their time in deep water.
• The Narwal whale is a very social whale.

Whale Facts