Physeter macrocephalus
This large headed, Endangered mammal is a
carnivore. Weighing in at 35 to 45 tons and 49
to 59 feet. Often spotted in groups called 'pods'.
These pods are mainly of female and their young, men tend to travel solo or jump from pod to pod. Traveling upwards of 23 miles per hour. Diving as far down as 3,320 feet.
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The sperm whale is the largest of
the toothed whales. It is the only living
| member of genus Physeter, and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. Sperm whales' heads are filled with a mysterious substance called spermaceti. Scientists have yet to understand its function, but believe it may help the animal regulate its buoyancy. |
Did you know? Sperm whales and giant squid may be mortal enemies. Many stories of deadly battles between these two massive animals exist, and sperm whales have even been seen with suction cup-shaped wounds and remnants of giant squid in their stomachs
Eschrichtius robustus
The Grey Whale is a Baleen whale. (A whale (suborder Mysticeti) that has plates of whalebone in the mouth for straining plankton from the water) They migrate between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. They are Omnivores. Size ranging from 40 to 50 feet and weighing in at 30 to 40 tons. They are a recovered species. They are now protected by international law. Again, Traveling in pods, These mammals swim 12,430 miles from Alaska to Mexican Coasts.
Eschrichtius robustus
Grey whales undertake the longest annual migration of any known mammal, along the coastlines between their summer feeding and winter breeding grounds. Belonging to the baleen whale group, they have plates for filtering marine worms and crustaceans from the ocean floor. Grey whales are split into two separate populations, the eastern North Pacific (American) and the critically endangered western North Pacific (Asian) population. They are the only species in their genus, which in turn, is the only genus in the family. Did you know? Much of a grey whale’s body is covered with barnacles and whale lice.
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