A humpback whale breaching.
Whales migrate in search of food or to give birth to their young.Many of them spend summer in the Antartic region and winter in the warmer tropics.
Whales,dolphins and porpoises all belong to a group of marine mammals called cetaceans. Some people mistakenly call some types of dolphins,whales.For instance the killer whale,or orca,is really a dolphin,as is the pilot whale.If you go whale watching in Australia or New zealand,there are stacks of different types of cetaceans to look out for.Australia alone has 9 large whale types,20 smaller whale species,13 types of dolphin and one porpoise species.The most common whales you`ll see are humpback and right whales through.
Did you know that the blue whales are the largest of all whales,growing to a massive 33 metres!
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June 2, 2008 at 9:28 am
very interestig facts