Whales!

Whales, Whales, Whales There are approximately 86 species of whales living on planet earth. Whales similar to humans in that they are warm blooded and also breathe in air, they also nurse their young. The Blue whale is the largest animal on earth with a weight of 420,000 pounds or 190,508 kilograms. The Sperm whale has the biggest brain to have ever existed on planet earth. Bowhead whales are one of the oldest mammal on earth with a life expectancy of around 200 years, In 2007 a bowhead was caught outside Alaska with a harpoon in it and by determining the age of the harpoon scientists were able to find out the age of the bowhead which was 130 years ago and that was when the whale was an adult (dailymail.co). All toothed whales hunt by using echolocation, Baleen whales will open their mouth and try to filter through the ocean in hopes of getting food (whale facts.org).

Migrating is defined by thefreedictionary.com as, “To change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to another.”this is something that whales do.  The whales will travel to colder water to feed, and warmer water to give birth. Once the whale has given birth the mother whale will nurse the baby whale for approximately 1 year which can add up to 15 feet on the whale. 

One of the still unknown facts in whale life is how they pick a mate and how they have Coitus, do to the difficulty of following them and going deep enough to observe the act. With the blue whale being the largest species in the world the Right whale has the largest testicles at a weight of 1,100 pounds per testicle adding up to a total of 2,200 pounds for the pair this is 10 times the size of those of the blue whale. What truly amazes me is the fact that even though whales are very large, they are one of the more majestic beasts of the sea!

Famous Haiku’s

“A Whales Testicle

They are Brobdingnagian

Their are two of them” – Conrad

“Creature of great mass

Majestic flight through your sea

Weightlessly drift on” written by unknown (found Storywriter.com)

“A curious beast,

The water’s one good partner,

Was the great blue whale.” – By Matthew Schmidt