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• Biggest animal that's ever lived!
The largest whale on the planet is the blue whale, up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and weighs over 150 tons (135 metric tons). Blue Whales have are the largest animals that have ever lived on Planet Earth!
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• The tooth fairy should should pay extra
for this one.
The animal with the largest tooth on the planet is the narwhal. It can grow up to 9 feet long. Only the male narwhals grow the long tooth. |
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• Don't challenge this whale to a breath-holding contest.
The sperm whale can hold its breath longer than any other whale. It can hold its breath up to 2 hours. This is breath-holding record of any animal on the planet! |
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• I guess their mothers never told them they shouldn't eat stuff off the floor.
Gray whales are the only whales known to feed on the sea floor. |
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• Yeah, but can they quack like a duck?
Beluga whales can whistle like a bird, squeal like a pig, baa like a sheep, whinny like a horse, and growl like a dog. |
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• Tiniest whale.
The smallest whales are the porpoises. The smallest porpoise is the vaquita, about 4 feet ( meters) long. Vaquitas live only in the northern end of the Sea of Cortez. It is thought that less than 60 exist. |
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• Born back-wards?
Whales are the only animals that are not born head first. |
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