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More About Whales and Dolphins ...
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"Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic placental mammals".
Like all mammals, whales breathe air into lungs, are warm-blooded (i.e., endothermic), breast-feed their young, and have some (very little) hair. The whales' adaptions to a fully aquatic life are quite conspicuous. Whales breathe through blowholes, located on the top of the head so the animal can remain submerged. Baleen whales have two blowholes and toothed whales have one blowhole
Dolphins are certain aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises. Dolphins are widely believed to be amongst the most intelligent of all animals, Dolphins often leap above the water surface, sometimes performing acrobatic figures.
They are capable of diving up to 260 m deep and 15 min long, but rarely stay underwater longer than few minutes.
Dolphins are social animals, living in so called schools of up to a dozen animals. In places with high abundance of food, schools can join temporarily forming aggregations of over 1000 dolphins.
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Whales and Dolphins
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PICTURES (Click to enlarge)
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| Dolphin |
Beluga Whale |
Spinner Dolphin |
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| Killer Whale |
Whale |
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin |
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| Dolphin |
Dolphin |
Common Dolphin |
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| Killer Whale |
Dolphin |
Humpback Whale |
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| Killer Whale |
Gray Whale |
Humpback Whale |
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| Long-beaked Common Dolphin |
Humpback Whale |
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin |
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| Pacific White-Sided Dolphin |
Dolphin |
Humpback Whale |
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| Melon-headed Whale |
Common Dolphin |
Dolphin |
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| Hector's Dolphin |
Killer Whale |
Dolphin |
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| Humpback Whales |
Gray Whale |
Dolphin |
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| Dolphin |
Queen Triggerfish |
Dolphin |
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