eNewsletter: February edition
Spotlight: All whales
Each month we will dive into fun facts, stories, and updates with you, our whale and dolphin loving community of fin-tastic supporters!
Did you know?
As February is the month of love, we couldn’t choose just one species to highlight, so we’re celebrating all whales!
Baleen Whales
- Baleen whales have baleen plates, or sheets, which sieve prey from seawater.
- Baleen whales have two blowholes on top of their head while toothed whales have one.
- Baleen whales are generally huge; the largest is the biggest on Earth – the blue whale.
- Consist of four families: rorqual; right; gray; and pygmy right whale…
Toothed Whales
- Toothed whales have teeth and they actively hunt fish, squid, and other sea creatures.
- They use a special sense called echolocation (biosonar) to hunt and to help them…
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Announcement
Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf likely to die from vessel strike injuries
Lack of speed rule, political inaction led to catastrophic strike
A two-month-old right whale calf whose head, mouth, and lips were split open by a boat’s propeller was seen off South Carolina on January 6. Fishermen who sighted the calf recognized that the whale was injured and provided the video and images they obtained to NOAA Fisheries…
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