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Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale. Gentle Giants of the Sea. By: MP. INTRODUCTION. Name of my animal is the Humpback Whale The scientific name is Megaptera Novaeangliae It’s a baleen whale It’s in the whale family It’s a Mammal. PHYSICAL FEATURES. Hair A blackish gray kind of color

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Humpback Whale

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  1. Humpback Whale Gentle Giants of the Sea By: MP

  2. INTRODUCTION • Name of my animal is the Humpback Whale • The scientific name is Megaptera Novaeangliae • It’s a baleen whale • It’s in the whale family • It’s a Mammal

  3. PHYSICAL FEATURES • Hair • A blackish gray kind of color • 62 feet long • 106,000 pounds • And has two blowholes • They have a fluke which is the tail • Two flippers • Eyes on the side of their head • Can’t see ears, they are slits • The fluke is different on every whale

  4. LIFE SPAN • An average Humpback whale lives for… • 45-50 years • Endangered • Get captured in fishing nets • 10,000-15,000 humpback whales world wide

  5. HABITAT • Live everywhere except for Antarctica • Do not live in arctic because it is too cold • Live in salt water • They don’t like to go too close to land

  6. CLIMATE • Do not like freezing water • Swim south in winter • Usually stays in warm/cool waters • Lives in salt water

  7. LANDFORM • Lives in open ocean • Don’t like to swim near trenches

  8. FOOD • Carnivore • Eat krill and plankton • Get their food by shooting their heads out of the water to collect krill • Get a huge mouthful of krill when they open their mouth

  9. PREDATORS AND PREY • Predator is human • Humpbacks are endangered because they get trapped in fishing nets a lot • Its prey is tiny krill that live at the surface of the ocean • They take big mouthfuls to collect the krill • Plankton

  10. BABIES • Called caves • Grows 1.5 feet every month • No blubber • Darker color then its parents • Dark grey color • Feed on mothers milk

  11. PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS • Two blowholes on top of its head to help it breath • Big mouth to capture krill • Longest fluke of any whale to help it swim fast • Long, bumpy fins to help it maneuver in the ocean

  12. PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS • Blubber helps it float and keeps it warm • Baleen plates are bones used to strain food inside a humpbacks body • No blubber in babies so they have to work harder to swim

  13. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS • Echolocation helps them find prey • Hump on its back to help it breach the water • Sing songs to attract females • Dive in water to catch prey • Do not mind being watched –they aren’t shy.

  14. FUN FACTS • Sing songs to attract females • 10,000 left in the world • Biggest fins of any whale • The bottom of a humpback whales fluke is always different

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