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Baleen whales have two blowholes positioned in a V-shape, while toothed whales have only one blowhole. [6] The blowhole of a sperm whale , a toothed whale, is located left of centre in the frontal area of the snout, and is actually its left nostril, while the right nostril lacks an opening to the surface and its nasal passage is otherwise well ...
A hunt begins with a chase followed by a violent attack on the exhausted prey. Large whales often show signs of orca attack via tooth rake marks. [84] Pods of female sperm whales sometimes protect themselves by forming a protective circle around their calves with their flukes facing outwards, using them to repel the attackers. [90]
Pages in category "Animated films about whales" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fantasia 2000; K.
Bubbie (voiced by Roz Ryan) is an anthropomorphic whale. She is Flapjack's adoptive mother; she found him at sea in a bed of seaweed when he was a baby. Knuckles and Flapjack live inside her mouth, and she serves as their transportation as well as home. Bubbie disapproves of Flapjack's adventures, and she views K'nuckles as a bad influence on him.
'In the Whale,' the story of Provincetown lobster diver Michael Packard's life and his 30 seconds in a humpback's mouth, continues to sell out shows.
Dory is a fictional blue tang fish and a major character of Pixar's animated film series Finding Nemo.She suffers from short-term memory loss, which often causes frustration to Marlin, especially when his son Nemo is in danger.
Boaters were amazed at the sight of a whale with its mouth wide open in Geographe Bay, off Dunsborough, Western Australia, on October 2.Koring George captured the scene on camera and wrote on ...
The melon is structurally part of the nasal apparatus and comprises most of the mass tissue between the blowhole and the tip of the snout. The function of the melon is not completely understood, but scientists believe it is a bioacoustic component, providing a means of focusing sounds used in echolocation and creating a similarity between characteristics of its tissue and the surrounding water ...