BLUE WHALES
• It is a baleen whale.
• They are the largest whale.
• The tongue weights the same as an elephant.
• There are about 200,000 in the world.
• It is the loudest animal.
• The largest Blue Whale found was 106 feet.
Blue Whale
HUMPBACK WHALE
• This whale is a baleen whale.
• They are known to be a playful whale.
• It will do what is known as breaching.
•Their flippers can be 8-13 feet long.
• There are about 500 off the coast of Maine.
• They use what is called a bubble net to get their food.
The Humpback whale can be 52 feet in length.
Bubble net
Breaching
RIGHT WHALE
• They are a baleen whale.
• It is a very slow whale.
• It is called the right whale because it was easy to hunt.
• There are about 320 left. They are the most endangered.
• They are between 30 and 35 feet long and weight around 100,000 to 200,000 pounds.
RIGHT WHALE
BREACHING
MINKE WHALE
• It is a baleen whale.
• They range in size from 5 to 28 feet.
• They are very abundant and can be seen close to shore, while
feeding on small fish.
• There are about 800,000 in the world.
Minke Whale
FINBACK WHALE
• They are the second largest animal.
• They can be as long as 79 feet.
• They are very fast swimmers and are hard to study because of their speed.
• A finback whale will eat about 1,000 to 4,000 pounds of food each day.
• A baby finback will be about 20 feet at birth.
Finback Whale