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Whales. Kadence Dotson Mark Surber. Babies. A baby whale is called a calf. Some calves are thirteen feet long when they are born. They drink their mother’s milk until they are one year old. Movement. Whales jump over the water. Whales use their tails to swim.
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Whales Kadence Dotson Mark Surber
Babies • A baby whale is called a calf. • Some calves are thirteen feet long when they are born. • They drink their mother’s milk until they are one year old.
Movement • Whales jump over the water. • Whales use their tails to swim. • Whales have flippers that they use to steer them when they swim.
Appearance • Whales have a blowhole on their backs. • Whales have flippers on the sides of their bodies. • A blue whale is the largest animal on earth.
Habitat • Whales live in the ocean. • They like to swim in very cold water. • They like very deep and black water.
Interesting Facts • Baleen whales can grow to be one hundred feet long. • Blue whales are the biggest whales in the ocean. • Toothed whales are smaller than baleen whales.
WHAT THEY EAT • Sperm whales eat squid. • Toothed whales eat fish, squid and seals. • Killer whales like to eat sea mammals, fish, and other whales.
Resources • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg • http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/killerwhale/birthkw.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg
Books used • Whales by Sally Morgan • Whales and Dolphins by Peter and Connie Roop • Whales by John Bonnett Wexo • Whale by Vassilipapasta