Hi guys and welcome back to my blog. tody I will be posting about two different types of whales. The Ballen and the toothed. If you don't know what a baleen whale is it is those whales with those big bristled teeth that look like brooms.
Here is a photo of the baleen whale.
Here is a photo of a toothed whale.
Here are some facts about the Ballen whale.
Baleen whales are mammals, which means that they are warm-blooded and breathe air using their lungs. They have two blowholes at the top of their body that allows them to breathe when they reach the surface of the water.
A whale's baleen plates play the most important role in its filter-feeding process. To feed, a baleen whale opens its mouth widely and scoops in dense shoals of prey (such as krill, copepods, small fish, and sometimes birds that happen to be near the shoals), together with large volumes of water.
Here are some facts about the toothed whale.
Toothed whales, as the name suggests, have teeth, which are used to hunt and eat squid, fish, and seals. Toothed whales include sperm whales, as well as dolphins, porpoises, and orcas, among others.
Some kinds of whales only have one or two teeth, while others might have 240 teeth or even more. Dental patterns can vary. Some toothed whales have teeth in both their upper and lower jaws.
I hope you have enjoyed more about whales if you were or were not interested in them. If you want I can update this with the different types of the 2 species of whale on here.
What an informative blog post. I did not know what a baleen whale was, now I know they are the type with bristly teeth!I wonder what other interesting facts you could find out about whales?
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