1. Whales
Peyton Lissau

2. I chose to do whales because they are surprisingly
close to humans. Whales have the largest brains
on earth, brains just as complex as our own. They
have culture, they have language, and they sing
songs. Almost everything about whales is a
mystery, though. These amazing creatures are
hidden from our view moving in a slow-motion
ballet under the waters.

4. Whale Talk
Whales communicate with a variety of low
pitched sounds and are highly social as well as
caring parents. These gentle giants of the oceans
are also extremely intelligent, it has been
estimated that the average Beluga whale has an
IQ of 155.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/mammals-animals/whales/whale_bluecalls/

5. A Whale’s Life

6. Whales have sleek, streamlined
bodies that move easily through
the water. They are the only
mammals, other than
manatees, that live their entire
lives in the water.

7. Whales carry their
young on...

8. Their back

10. Average Life Time
The average whale lives to be around 100-150
years old. Of course only if it is lucky enough to
live that long. Whales go through huge battles for
food or for females during mating season so they
can get wounded easily which sometimes leads to
a shorter life.

11. A Whales Food Web
A whale eats krill and krill eat
phytoplankton

13. Krill

14. Phytoplankton

15. A whale's baleen plates is the most important
role in its filter-feeding process. To eat, a baleen
whale opens its mouth widely and scoops in its
prey. It then partly shuts its mouth and presses
its tongue against its upper jaw, forcing the
water to pass out sideways through the baleen.

17. Like All Mammals
•Whales breathe air into lungs,
•Whales have hair (But they have a lot less
than land mammals, and have almost none as
adults),
•Whales are warm-blooded (they maintain a
high body temperature),

18. The Blow Hole

19. A whales blowhole is the hole at
the top of its head through which
the animal breathes air. As whales
reach the water surface to breathe,
they will forcefully blow air through
the blowhole.

20. Whales can be found inhabiting all of the world’s major oceans
from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans to the tropical waters at
and around the center of the equator.

22. Whales are endangered from over fishing and
pollution. Whaling fleets killed about 1 million
sperm whales and hundreds of thousands of
almost every type of baleen whale. Many people
are exhausting popular oil-producing baleen species
such as bowhead, gray, humpback and right
whales.

23. Baleen Whale

24. As you can see, whales are full of interesting
facts and yet have so much undiscovered about
them. They have an IQ of 155 and have a
complex body including the blow hole and very
different teeth that no other creature has.
Whales are beyond amazing animals.

25. Sources
ww.nationalgeographic.com
www.google.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.coolantarctica.com
www.whalefacts.org
www.enchantedlearning.com
www.mothernaturenetwork.com
www.goforthandsettheworldonfire.com