41. Whales There are about 80 species of cetaceans, a classification that included whales, dolphins and porpoises. Among these 80 species, there are 32 species of whales. http://intothewild.tripod.com/whales.htm

Build your own FREE website at Tripod.com Share: Facebook Twitter Digg reddit document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']); document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard2']); There are about 80 species of cetaceans, a classification that included whales, dolphins and porpoises. Among these 80 species, there are 32 species of whales. The study of fossils indicates that the ancestors of today's whales gradually returned from land to live in the sea. All are air-breathing, warm blooded mammals that bear live young and nurse their young on milk. The young are cared for until they can look after themselves. Among the largest animals on earth, whales range in size from five to 100 feet in length, and fall into two categories: toothed (odontoceti) and baleen (mysticeti). Cetaceans play an important role in the life of the ocean. As such, they serve as flagships for the health and well being of the whole marine ecosystem. Physical Characteristics: The fossil history of the cetaceans is incomplete and controversial. In general it seems that they evolved from small, primitive, land mammals which may have returned to the water some 70-90 million years ago. Today, they have evolved into hairless, aquatic animals, who still breathe with lungs rather than gills, and nurse their young. It is believed blue whales live about 50 years.

42. Ocean Alliance Dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment, includes useful information on whales and research. http://www.oceanalliance.org/

Home About Us History Staff and Board ... Support Us Odyssey's Gulf of Mexico Research Expedition Underway! Learn more. Report on Contaminants in the World's Oceans Available! Download now. Restoration Work at New Gloucester HQ's Has Begun! Learn more. Blogs Recent Blogs Beautiful day searching for Brydes whales; Final week of 2010 Gulf research expedition: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 102, October 27, 2010 11/01/10 by admin Home Page Blogs Uncategorized Read More… ... No Brydes whales sighted but samples of Gulf krill, Sargasso weed, and squid collected: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 101, October 26, 2010 10/31/10 by admin Home Page Blogs Uncategorized I woke up quite enthusiastic about the new plan. The weather cooperated. Good water and wind not great, but workable. We searched and searched and searched and still no whale sightings.  I did a rough calculation and realized with a population of 20 whales, we are looking at something like one whale every 60 square miles. [...] Read More… A new search plan for Brydes whales; Spotting NOAA’s Gunter on the horizon: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 100, October 25, 2010 10/31/10 by admin Home Page Blogs Uncategorized No this time for real!  The 25th is 100 days. One of the really difficult things about land life to maintain on a boat is a sense of time. Our days, for the science team anyway, start at sunrise and end at sunset, with a helm watch sandwiched in at night. We travel through time [...]

43. Welcome To Save The Whales! Includes action alerts, Makah updates, research, adopt a whale, captivity, and marine mammal inventory. http://savethewhales.org

44. Information About Alaska Cetaceans (Whales And Dolphins) Alaska whales information about Alaska cetaceans (whales and Dolphins) like humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales (orca), northern right whales, bowhead whales, minke http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/default.htm

45. Wings Over Whales | Whale Watching Kaikoura, New Zealand Whale watching all year round off the Kaikoura Coast of New Zealand with a 95% chance of seeing Sperm whales or many others from the air. http://www.whales.co.nz/

welcome about us the whales prices ... website designed by Welcome To Wings Over Whales While you are in New Zealand head for Kaikoura and go whale watching....by aeroplane! It's the best way to view whales and mountains while in New Zealand. In a typical 30 minute flight you will see the majestic Sperm Whale preparing for his next dive and up to 500 Dusky Dolphins playfully swimming. Occasional sightings include Southern Right, Humpback, Fin, Sei, Brydes, Pilot, Southern Bottlenose and Blue Whales. Other, less frequent, visitors to the area include Common, Hectors, Risso's and Southern Right Whale Dolphins, and Orca. Flying over Kaikoura Peninsula, you can see evidence of Maori fortifications (Pa sites), the township of Kaikoura and New Zealand Fur Seals relaxing on the rocks. During favourable conditions, passengers can enjoy a spectacular flight over the 2800m high Seaward Kaikoura Ranges. “Wings over Whales has a sighting rate in excess of 95% for Sperm Whales and a cancellation rate of less than 5%unmatched by others!!” After the flight relax in the log terminal or have a drink in the upstairs lounge looking over the sea and local mountains.

46. Whale Protection - Save The Whales! Non-profit societies dedicated to save whales and marine animals from captivity and hunting. http://www.whaleprotection.org/

@import url( http://www.whaleprotection.org/wp-content/themes/milkblue-10/style.css ); Log in Whale Protection November 2010 M T W T F S S Categories All types of whales whale watching tours organizations ... whale T.V. shows Pages About Frequently Asked Questions about Whaling Recent SeaWorld is for whale lovers Whale protection as seen on T.V Threats to whales: focus on oil spills The World Wildlife Fund ... Beluga, Orca and Humpback whales Links Save the Whales Oceana Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Search Meta RSS Comments RSS XFN ... SeaWorld is for whale lovers September 27, 2010 6:19 pm SeaWorld is an aquatic theme park with locations in Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio. Depending on which location you visit, you can enjoy rides such as Journey to Atlantis, The Great White, and the Kraken. However, while the rides are exhilarating, there’s nothing quite like the whale shows. One act that consistently plays at all three locations is the Shamu Show: Believe. Watch as Killer Whales jump and flip in the air, as well as interact with their trainers and fellow whales. From sliding along the watery stage, to soaking the visitors in the splash zone, Believe lets visitors admire the beauty of Killer Whales. Posted by www.whaleprotection.org

47. Life On Antarctica: Whales whales W hales are the largest animals in world, specially blue whale with his length up to 30m and a weight up to 180 tonnes. http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/whale.html

Whales W hales are the largest animals in world, specially blue whale with his length up to 30m and a weight up to 180 tonnes. But there are many species of baleen whales found in Antarctic waters like the fin, humpback, sei, minke, and the right whale. There are also six species of toothed whales: Sperm, Killer, bottlenose, fourtooth whale and Dolphins. Baleen Whales Baleen of a whale T he name derive their name from the horny substance, called baleen, contained in plates on either side of the whale�s mouth. The plates are fringed with fine hairs, which form a huge sieve for straining krill and other sea creatures from the water. There are two different ways Baleen whales feed. The first, called swallow feeding, they engulf a mouthful of food and water and then squeeze the water our by contracting the grooves in their throat and raising their massive tongues firmly against the roofs of their mouth. The second ways, only practised by the right and sei whale, they�re used to swim with their heads partly out of the water through a swarm of krill. They have their mouths half-open and skim food from the ocean. The Baleen whales breed in tropical water in the north. After three months of rich feeding in the south, they migrate back to the temperate waters to give a birth to a single calf, a year after mating. The calves accompany their mothers on the next migration south, living on their mother�s milk. Six month after birth, they are able to feed themselves. Only the calves of the humpbacks and the southern right whales are dependent on their mothers for up to a year.

48. Whale Watching In Newfoundland Whale watching trips and wildlife tours in Newfoundland. Sea kayaking whale watching, hiking and fishing from base camp in Newfoundland South Coast Wilderness http://www.coastalsafari.com/WHALES.html

Whale Watching Trips in Newfoundland Home Page Coastal Safari Fortune Bay Explorer Sea Kayaking ... Our Guests Comment Newfoundland Information The Island of Newfoundland Icebergs Birds Capelin ... Seashore Email CoastalSafari@ CoastalSafari.com Telephone 1-877-888-3020 (Toll free) or Mailing Address Coastal Safari 50 Monkstown Rd. St. John's, Nfld. Canada. A1C 3T3 click here We recommend the located in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve Newfoundland Whales At any time when you are on a Coastal Safari tour in Fortune Bay , Newfoundland you can encounter whales, dolphins and porpoises. This past summer the cetacean highlight were the numerous pods of dolphins . When we stopped the boat they came over to check us out, a great photo opportunity. More details on our wilderness camp and itinerary click here Our philosophy on whale watching is based on non interference with any animals we encounter.In the vicinity of whales we travel slowly and avoid interference with their feeding or cutting across their path. We limit our close encounter time to a few minutes. In close quarters situations we put our engines in neutral and do not re-engage props until whales are observed at the surface, clear of the vessel. Large numbers of whales dolphins and porpoises migrate into the waters adjacent to the Newfoundland coast every year. About 15 species are normally present, seasonally or year-round.

49. Royal BC Museum - Whales An activity sheet about whales of the West Coast of Canada. Includes a list of species, games, puzzles, and whale facts. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/SchoolsAndKids/whales.pdf

50. Howstuffworks "How Whales Work" whales are some of the largest living things on the planet. Learn about whales and find out how whales are able to sleep and withstand the pressures of the ocean. http://www.howstuffworks.com/whale.htm/printable

OAS_AD('TopBanner'); HowStuffWorks Search HowStuffWorks and the web Video Podcasts Blogs Quizzes Games RSS Adventure Animals Auto Culture ... Aquatic Mammals How Whales Work by Tom Harris Browse the article How Whales Work Introduction to How Whales Work Special Thanks Our thanks to the folks at Ocean Alliance and Sea World Orlando for the tremendous photos they provided for this article. In the world's great whale tales, including Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," the storytellers are preoccupied with one particular whale attribute: awesome size. Many whale species are staggeringly enormous. The blue whale, for example, can grow to 100 feet (30 m) long, about the height of a 10-story building, and can weigh as much as 150 tons (300,000 lb or 136077.7 kg). Its heart alone is the size of a small car , and there's enough room on its tongue for 50 people. It is the largest known animal in Earth's history. Marine Mammal Pictures Photo courtesy Iain Kerr, Ocean Alliance Humpbacks are known for their intelligence, playfulness and elaborate vocalizations.

51. Whale Songs * Cetacean Information * Sperm Whales Information ranges from natural history to sperm whales world population. http://www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/sperm_whales/home.html

52. Humpback Whales In Hawaii Pictures, Behaviors The humpback whales migrate to hawaii annually to reproduce, give birth, and nurse their young.Contains pictures and information about the whales behavior. http://www.sailhawaii.com/whales.html

Home About Us The Vessels The Crew ... Internships A "Don't Miss" Adventure Oahu Hawaii Waianae Boat Harbor and Kewalo Basin Harbor PHONE: (808) 306-7273 Email us Humpback Whales In The Company of Whales - In the Presence of Giants Life is a Breach - Then you Dive. Official Oahu Humpback Whale Season, mid Dec. - April The reviews are in, and the experts all agree that the 2010-2011 season will be an excellent year for humpback whale-watching. See them the best on our Best of the West or Full Day (seaon mid Nov. - May!) trips. Hawaii, the beginning of life To Hawaiians, the whale is a representation of the Hawaiian god, Kanaloa - the god of animals in the ocean. Humpback whales ( na kohola) are found in all oceans, although they generally prefer near shore and near-island habitats for both feeding and breeding. Since adult whales rarely feed in Hawaii, many of the behaviors below are specific to mating A large percentage of the North Pacific humpback whales migrate to the main Hawaiian islands during the winter months - November through May - each year. The round-trip distance they travel during this annual migration is approximately 4,000 miles, one of the longest migration distances of any animal species. During their stay in Hawaii, they do not feed, but rely upon stored energy. Near the islands, the whales devote most of their time to mating and giving birth to their calves. While visiting the islands, kohola have become renowned for their various acrobatic displays.

53. Whales Of Alaska | Whale Facts And Pictures whales of Alaska descriptions, information, pictures and facts. Watch humpback whales as they bubble feed along the coast of Southeast Alaska. http://alaskatrekker.com/whales.htm

Watch humpback whales as they bubble feed along the coast of Southeast Alaska. Alaska Whales Alaska has whales all throughout the state There are eight species of whales that frequent the cold and icy waters of Alaska. The Beluga, Humpback, Grey, Orca, Bowhead, Blue, Right, and Minke whales. Like all mammals, whales breathe air into lungs, are warm-blooded, breast-feed their young, and have some (although very little) hair. The whales' ancestors lived on land, and their adaptions to a fully aquatic life are quite striking. The body is fusiform, resembling the streamlined form of a fish. The forelimbs, also called flippers, are paddle-shaped. The end of the tail holds the fluke, or tail fins, which provide propulsion by vertical movement. Although whales generally do not possess hind limbs, some whales (such as sperm whales and baleen whales) sometimes have rudimentary hind limbs; some even with feet and digits. Most species of whale bear a fin on their backs known as a dorsal fin. Beneath the skin lies a layer of fat, the blubber. It serves as an energy reservoir and also as insulation. Whales have a four-chambered heart. The neck vertebrae are fused in most whales, which provides stability during swimming at the expense of flexibility.

54. Whales Whale Movies. Click HERE for an AVI version of a waving whale tail. (1.4M) Click HERE for a Quick Time version of a waving whale tail. (1.3M) Click HERE for an AVI version of a http://www.nfld.com/nfld/other/whales/whales.html

WHALES Click on a whale for information on that particular whale If your browser does not support imagemaps, you may choose from the following list instead Orca Humpback Whale Pilot Whale Finback Whale Whale Movies Click HERE for an AVI version of a waving whale tail. (1.4M) Click HERE for a Quick Time version of a waving whale tail. (1.3M) Click HERE for an AVI version of a diving whale. (1.0M) Click HERE for a Quick Time version of a diving whale. (956K) Other Sources of Whale Information: Whale Watching Web Sea World's Home Page Directory of Aquaria Ocean Planet-Smithsonian ... Up to Previous Page

55. Baja Gray Whale Watching Tour Page Whale watching and how to see gray whales in Baja California. http://www.greywhale.com/whale_watching_in_baja.htm

Keith Jones, Adventures with Wild Animals Close Animal Encounters Rub noses with a gray whale, Pet a Giant Panda Bear Snorkel with a shark Walk a Tiger on a leash! Baja Jones Adventures - World's Greatest Whale Watching Adventures NEW! Click here for the World's Greatest Whale Watching Tour Details NEW! Click links below to view details of trips Click here to email us. contact info Sample trip itinerary photos from 5 day trip log ... Everything there is to know about gray whales! (almost) a great page for student reports. Trip insurance info video clips cancellation policy Since 1992 every person who has traveled with Keith anywhere in the world , has seen whales on every whale watch day blue links to read detailed information. Our site is very large with lots of information about all of the animals we regularly view during our many trips. We are Whale watching experts and Mexico specialists and have helped thousands of people realize lifelong dreams. Here are our current trips: gray whales blue whales of Loreto Arctic Narwhals, the Unicorn of the sea

56. Cetaceans whales have streamlike bodies with highly compressed neck vertebrae, dorsal fins, and a tail with two finlike flukes arranged horizontally. Modern whales have greatly elongated http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/cetacea/cetacean.html

Introduction to the Cetacea Whales and Dolphins The Cetacea are one of the most distinctive and highly specialized orders of mammals flukes arranged horizontally. Modern whales have greatly elongated anterior skull bones, and the nostrils are located on the top of the head, forming the blowhole . The forelimbs are specialized to form flippers, and the hind limbs and pelvis are extremely small and do not normally extend out of the body wall of the animal. Modern whales may be divided into two subgroups: the Odontoceti (toothed whales) and the Mysticeti echolocation , producing sound waves using a complex system of nasal sacs and passages, and using the echoes to navigate. Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales. Baleen whales lack teeth completely as adults (although teeth are present in fetal baleen whales). They feed by straining small marine organisms out of the water using plates of baleen , a hornlike substance that forms filaments that hang down from the roof of the mouth. Blue, right, humpback, minke, gray, and fin whales are well-known examples of baleen whales. Some baleen whales, most famously the humpack whales, are known for the strange and complex songs they produce; their function is not clear, but unlike toothed whales, baleen whales do not use their songs for echolocation. The fossil record of whales is rich, and recent discoveries have shed much light on the origin of the Cetacea.

57. Whale Center Of New England - Whale Research, Education And Conservation-Glouces Includes information on humpback whales, adopt a whale, photos, research, education, conservation, right whales, and other endangered cetacean species. http://www.whalecenter.org/

About WCNE Research Conservation Education ... Blogs Gift Ideas Adopt A Whale Whale Center Cap Great Photos CD Our staff  Tweets and more! Fall 2010 Support Every cent makes a difference. Thank You! Photos, Field Reports, News Become a Member An exciting package of materials for all fans of whales and dolphins. Read More Whale Adoption Our Adopt a Whale program provides a perfect gift idea for the whale lover in your family. The adoption includes many items, including a photo, adoption certificate, CD of whale calls, a WCNE button, subscription to ou... Right Whale Surveys While endangered right whales are perhaps best known for their presence in our area in the spring, our biggest effort for this species comes in the latter part of the year. In the fall of 2010, we will conduct our eigh... Marine Mammal Strandings The Whale Center is part of the NMFS Northeast Region Stranding Network. Through a National Coordinator and five regional coordinators, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) authorizes, oversees, and coord... Exciting Internship Opportunities A Whale Center seasonal internship provides the experience needed to pursue fields in marine biology and behavior. Participation in long-term humpback whale studies is just one aspect of the experience. The Whale ...

58. HowStuffWorks "Whales" whales are very large marine mammals. Learn more about whales at HowStuffWorks. http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/whale-info.htm

HSW.sm.loadPageInfo(450959); HowStuffWorks Search HowStuffWorks and the web Video Podcasts Blogs Quizzes Games RSS Adventure Animals Auto Culture ... Next Page Whales Print Cite Feedback E-mail This ... Recommend Cite This! Close Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks article: Inside this Article Introduction to Whales Description Habits Baleen, or Whalebone, Whales ... See all Aquatic Mammals articles Shark Attack Videos Whale, a member of a group of water animals, some species of which are the largest animals ever known. Although it lives in water all its life and is shaped like a fish, the whale is a mammal. It is warmblooded, breathes air, bears living young, and suckles its young with milk. Sperm whales have been known to ram and sink whaling ships. Whales have been hunted for centuries for food and other uses. Whale blubber, a thick layer of fatty tissue under the skin, was a primary source of oil before the extensive use of vegetable oils and petroleum. Baleen, or whalebone, a horny substance found in the mouths of some kinds of whales, was used for making corset stays and fans before the invention of celluloid and other plastic substances. There are many kinds of whales, ranging in size from the 5-foot (1.5-m) harbor dolphin to the blue whale, which may reach a length of more than 100 feet (30 m). The largest whales may weigh up to 140 tons. Whales are found in all seas and in many coastal waters.

59. Whales KidsKonnect has kids homework and educational help a safe Internet gateway for kids created maintained by educators. KidsKonnect links to a variety of sites on different http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/13-animals/55-whales.html

Tuesday November Text Size ... A Safe Internet Gateway For Kids Home Alphabetized Index Subject Index ... Animals Whales Whales Subject Index - Animals Whales are the largest animals that have ever lived on earth and are the largest animals that live in the ocean. Whales are even bigger than the largest dinosaur. It is believed that millions of years ago, whales probably walked upon land. Their back legs disappeared and their front legs became flippers. Blue whales can weigh over 150 tons and be over 100 feet in length. Humpback Whales are also big, weighing up to 45 tons. Flippers of the humpback whale can be as long as 15 feet. 2. Whales are mammals, so they feed milk to their babies and breathe air. Since whales are not fish they do not have gills, so they cannot breathe under water. They must come up to the surface of the water to get air. The air is breathed in and out through their “blowhole,” which is on their back. 3. Whales live in large groups called “herds.” A baby whale is called a “calf.” 4. Blue whales and killer whales can be found in every ocean around the world. Whales “migrate” further than any other animal. They eat during the summer month building up layers of blubber. When the water begins to cool, the whales begin their migration to warmer waters. They do not eat during their migration. All they do is swim and rest for short periods of time. Sometimes, when whales are migrating, they swim very close to the shore and can be seen “blowing” and jumping out of the water. This jumping is called “breaching.

60. 'You Eat Cows And Pigs, So Why Can't We Eat Whales?' | Environment | The Observe Anthony Browne in Osaka. Next week Japan takes on the world to lift the ban on whaling; meet the harpoon hunters who demand the right to kill for profit and accuse the West of double standards. Includes statistics and timeline. UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2001/jun/24/whaling.observerfocus

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