121. Endangered Species Sperm Whales Provides information on the endangered sperm whale. http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/speciessection.cfm?sectionid=193&newspa

122. New Scientist Breaking News - Commercial Whaling Suited Killer Whales The end of commercial whaling may have forced scavenging killer whales to turn on Biologists thought the killer whales’ altered habits were a result of http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7742

123. Killer Whales And Dolphin Watching On Malei Island Photographs and information about charter tours. http://www.malei-island.com/pages/whales.html

Killer Whales and dolphin watching - on Malei Island in British Columbia just off the North end of Vancouver Island Killer Whales and dolphin watching - on Malei Island Share a love of the Northwestern Coast of Canada with the Killer whales and dolphins. These magnificent creatures especially Orcas gray whales and dolphins. Witness the breathtaking spectacle of killers whales breaching the surface and dancing in the air. Whale watching and dolphin watching on Malei Island is an experience you will never forget. Click here for more information on Killer Whales and dolphin watching - on Malei Island or e-mail info@malei-island.com Whale and dolphin watching Scuba diving with wolf eels Camping around Port Hardy ... Sport Fishing

124. Beluga Whales Beluga whales are small (3 5m) toothed whales that inhabit coastal and estuarine areas, To learn more about beluga whales, select from the following http://www.uvm.edu/whale/BelugaWhales.html

Beluga Whales are small (3 - 5m) toothed whales that inhabit coastal and estuarine areas, often with pack ice, in arctic and subarctic areas of the northern hemisphere. They can be recognized by their white color, prominent rounded melon, stout body shape and lack of dorsal fin. To learn more about beluga whales, select from the following: Various names given to beluga whales Beluga whale classification Beluga whale range and Habitat Beluga whale physical characteristics ... Beluga whale social and feeding habits Return to What Kind Of Whale Was It Return to Directory of Exhibits or UVM Home Page. Charlotte, The Vermont Whale; Wesley.Wright@uvm.edu 11-15-94

125. Monterey Bay Whale Watch Photos Of Killer Whales Attacking Gray Whales Killer whales between mother calf Gray whale calf on top of mother Killer whales surround calf Killer whales ram Gray Whale http://www.montereybaywhalewatch.com/Features/Photos0201/

Monterey Bay Whale Watch Photos Killer Whales Attacking Gray Whales Killer Whales between Gray whale calf on top of mother Killer Whales ... Home page Back to Jan. 2002 Feature Photos January 2002 Monterey Bay Whale Watch Located at: Mailing address: 84 Fisherman's Wharf Monterey, CA 93940 P.O. Box 52001 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Phone 831-375-4658 Fax 831-372-3128 E-mail Photos by Nancy Black, Richard Ternullo and Doug Allan. Last updated January 26, 2002.

126. Narwhal Whales General resource on the endangered status, habitat, range, and diet, including a selection of Narwhal Whale pictures and informational links. http://www.narwhal-whales.com/

Narwhals Got Pets Online - Lots of Narwhal pictures, pet eCards, websites, classifieds, and more. Narwhals - Description Narwhals are found eastwards from the Canadian Arctic through much of Russia. The populations found here are most abundant. However, the Narwhal is rare in Siberia and Alaska. The Narwhal Whale is one of many Whale species. The species resembles the Beluga Whale in appearance and is considered a relative of this mammal. Picture source: BBCi www.bbc.co.uk Narwhal Whales have an unusual dentition. The species has two teeth with the roots in the upper jaw. Females' teeth are almost embedded, which makes them practically toothless. In males, one of the two teeth grows through the upper lip in a form of a tusk. The tusk is long and straight. The Narwhal's tusk is about 1/3 or more as long as the total body. It can weigh up to 10 kilos. Sometimes, a Narwhal Whale has two teeth that erupt through the upper lip. In this case, the tusks will be twisted and look like a single unit. Females also may develop one or two tusks. The tusk is partly covered with algae. The remaining part is usually polished in appearance. If the tusk is damaged, it will be restored with new dentine tissue. The function of the tusk in the Narwhal Whale has not been completely understood. It is believed that the tusk serves as a tool in fights between males. However, this has not been proved yet. Narwhals have a mottled abdomen with the ventral sides having more white coloration. Old male Narwhals are usually white with black spotting on the back. A concave tail fluke and a low ridge instead of the spine are peculiar features of Narwhal Whales.

127. Baja's Friendly Whales Give Curious Humans The Personal Touch Seattle Post Intelligencer article about the friendly giants of Magdalena Bay. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/070397/whal03.html

Jump to Weather Traffic Mariners Seahawks ... Calendar NEWS Local Neighborhoods Sports Nation/World ... Special Reports COMMENTARY Opinion Columnists Letters David Horsey ... Forums WHAT'S HAPPENING Calendar Movie Times Restaurants SeattleNoise COFFEE BREAK Horoscope TV Listings P-I ANYWHERE E-mail Newsletters News Alerts RSS/Web feeds PDA ... Cell Phones MARKETPLACE Jobs Autos Homes Rentals ... Place an ad OUR AFFILIATES July 3, 1997 Baja's friendly whales give curious humans the personal touch By JOHN FLINN SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER PUERTO LOPEZ MATEOS, Mexico "You must be very careful to keep your hands away from their blow holes. And never ever touch their tails. They will let you know what is OK, and what is not OK."  As our tourist bus rumbles through the dusty streets of Puerto Lopez Mateos, our guide, Josemaria Rico, is explaining the rules of engagement for one of nature's more remarkable encounters: a rendezvous with the "friendly" gray whales of Bahia Magdalena.  Driven by urges no one has fully been able to explain, these gentle giants not only allow, but actually seek out, close contact with humans in lagoons along Baja California's Pacific Coast. If we are fortunate today, Josemaria tells us, the whales will surface near our little pangas wooden dinghies and edge close enough for us to reach out and stroke their barnacled backs.  The phenomenon occurs each year in March as the gray whales finish up a winter of breeding, calving and nurturing their young here before departing on their 6,000-mile migration to summer feeding grounds off Alaska.

128. Whales Welcome to World Kids Network Critters area. Learn about whales. http://worldkids.net/critters/endangered/whales.htm

Image by Kel Richards - Age: 12 All About Whales! Whales are mammals that live in the ocean like fish, but they are very, very different from fish. One of the biggest differences between whales and fish is that whales need to breathe air. They have lungs, and they need to come to the surface of the water often for air. Their blowhole is like their nose, which is on top of their heads. It is located on the top of their head so that the whale can breathe fresh air without coming very far out of the water. Before a whale dives under the water, they will take several deep breathes - just like you would do before diving under the water. Whales also swim very differently than fish. A fish swims by moving its tail from side to side, but a whale moves it’s tail up and down to propel itself through the water. Another difference between fish and whales is that whales do not have scales like fish do! Whales are covered with skin which is very smooth and firm. It kind of feels like soft rubber to the touch. Whales also give birth to live babies, they do not lay eggs like fish. You may wonder how a baby whale is born underwater if it has to breathe to live. Well, when a baby whale is being born, it doesn’t breathe. If it did try to breathe, its lungs would fill up with water and it would drown. Whales can swim as soon as they are born, and right after their birth, they swim to the surface for air. If the new baby has trouble swimming the mother whale often helps lift her baby to the surface by getting under it and pushing the baby to the surface.

129. Stranded Whales Released Into Ocean CNN http://cnn.com/2003/US/South/08/10/stranded.whales.ap/index.html

130. Campaign Whale Is your government backing the whales or the whalers? Click here and find out how you can help save the whales. Help Stop Iceland s Whale Killers! http://www.campaign-whale.org/

Home Contact How You Can Help Issues ... Help The Whales Help us save the commercial whaling ban! The global ban on commercial whaling is under threat. Is your government backing the resumption of commercial hunting? Click here and find out how you can help us save the whales. Stop Iceland's whale killers! Join Campaign Whale Stop Japan's dolphin killers ... The Global Whale Alliance

131. CNN.com - Whales To Be Euthanized After Third Grounding - July 30, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/30/whales.beached.again/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Whales to be euthanized after third grounding Volunteers gave up their whale rescue efforts Tuesday after the whales stranded themselves a third time. WELLFLEET, Massachusetts (CNN) About 28 pilot whales were being euthanized Tuesday evening after stranding themselves for the third time in two days, and marine experts decided the animals were too exhausted to swim back to open sea. The whales were all that remained of 55 who became stranded on a beach Monday at the southern end of Cape Cod Bay. Volunteers from the Cape Cod Stranding Network and other facilities managed to save 46 of them, but 44 of them were found stranded on a mud flat in the bay Tuesday. Workers managed to get about 28 of them swimming again after the tide came in, but despite efforts of people in small boats to herd them to the north and open sea, the whales made their way to a marshy area and became stranded again. They were to be euthanized by injection. EXTRA INFORMATION View images of the two-day rescue effort Map of stranded whales' locations Six endangered manatees beach themselves in Florida CNN NewsPass VIDEO CNN's Bill Delaney describes how rescuers pushed the whales into deep water (July 29) Play video Pilot Whales (

132. NRDC: Protecting Whales From Dangerous Sonar An NRDCled legal effort forces the US Navy to limit use of a super sonar system that can maim or kill marine mammals, but the battle over noise beneath http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/nlfa.asp

In Brief : News Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar Following a historic victory, NRDC steps up the campaign at home and abroad to regulate active sonar systems that harm marine mammals. ACT NOW! Protect whales and other marine life from dangerous Navy sonar. Researchers have found that many humpback whales cease singing when exposed to an LFA sonar signal that is hundreds of miles distant. Photo: Bill Lawton / NMML Even as evidence of its threat to marine life continues to mount, the use of deadly military sonar in the world's oceans is spreading. An NRDC-led coalition of wildlife advocates succeeded in restricting the U.S. Navy's use of a powerful active sonar system known as SURTASS LFA in 2003. But the fight is hardly over; other nations are developing LFA-type systems of their own, and sonar testing in coastal waters using the same mid-frequency systems that have been implicated in numerous strandings of whales is actually on the rise, putting more and more marine mammals and fisheries at risk. And the Bush administration is now appealing the legal victory that compelled the Navy into compromise. In response, NRDC and its partners have redoubled our campaign, both at home and abroad, to control the spread of this harmful technology. Internationally, NRDC has begun to raise awareness of the problem of ocean noise. NRDC and several other international conservation groups together representing millions of members are pressuring international institutions to reduce sonar's harm to whales and other marine life, and getting results:

133. Wildlife Facts Factsheets covering various topics including wild flowers and wildlife protection, and species information about badgers, hedgehogs, whales and dolphins, marine life, and British reptiles. http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/facts/facts.htm

Badgers Parliament and Legislation Wild flowers Hedgehogs ... Whales and Dolphins Listed here are topics you may want to find out more about. Just click on the relevant topic title to see more information. Remember, once the page has loaded you can save it to your computer for reference. Back to our home page

134. NRDC: Wildlife & Fish: Whales & Marine Mammals Includes information on the threats to whales, and on various NRDCled campaigns to protect them and their natural habitats. http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/default.asp

Perhaps nothing in nature is more impressive than a whale breaching the ocean's surface. But these creatures are threatened as never before by humankind's encroachment into the seas and by shore-based industry. NRDC played a leading role in the international victory that saved the gray whale breeding grounds in Mexico's Laguna San Ignacio, which was threatened by industrial development, and we remain vigilant against similar risks posed to other whale populations. We are also tackling undersea noise pollution and play a leading role in opposing an experimental Navy weapon system that would bombard hundreds of nautical miles of the ocean with harmful low-frequency noise. Fish Habitat Preservation Agreement Aims to Save World's Most Endangered Porpoise NRDC Media Center Fishermen and conservation groups vow to protect remaining vaquita marina. Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar In Brief The use of high-intensity active sonar continues despite the danger to marine mammals. Chile Urged to Create Sanctuary for Endangered Blue Whales NRDC Media Center Groups ask Chile's president to protect a blue whale nursery in the Corcovado Gulf. NATO Challenged to Reduce Sonar Harm NRDC Media Center A coalition of international conservation organizations urge NATO to reduce harm from high-intensity sonar systems.

135. Underwater Photography And Fine Art Prints By Magic Sea Underwater photos of fish, whales, sharks, dolphins, turtles, coral, divers and many other ocean creatures. http://www.magicsea.com/

136. Howstuffworks "How Whales Work" Japanese scientists believe they ve discovered a new whale species a 30footer in the baleen family. Needless to say, discovering an animal this size http://science.howstuffworks.com/whale.htm

TCDA("cc=oth; dt"); Auto Stuff Science Stuff Health Stuff Entertainment Stuff ... Shop for Stuff Top Subjects Car Engines Lock Picking Nuclear Bombs Tattoos ... Gas Turbine Engines Sponsored By: Subjects Earth Science Engineering Life Science Military ... Browse the Science Library Explore Stuff Lidrock.com Stuffo.com Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter ... Life Science How Whales Work by Tom Harris Table of Contents Introduction to How Whales Work From the Land to the Sea Blubber, Slumber and Pressure Feeding Time The Same Old Song Long-distance Swimmers Breaching Whale or Dolphin? Whalers and Conservation Lots More Information Shop or Compare Prices Special Thanks Our thanks to the folks at Ocean Alliance and Sea World Orlando for the tremendous photos they provided for this article. In the world's great whale tales, including Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," the storytellers are preoccupied with one particular whale attribute: awesome size. Many whale species are staggeringly enormous. The blue whale, for example, can grow to 100 feet (30 m) long, about the height of a 10-story building, and can weigh as much as 150 tons (300,000 lb or 136077.7 kg). Its heart alone is the size of a small car , and there's enough room on its tongue for 50 people. It is the largest known animal in Earth's history.

137. Scientists Rush To Study Gulf Sperm Whales CNN http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/09/24/tagging.moby.ap/index.html

138. Www.msnbc.com/modules/whales/default.asp http://www.msnbc.com/modules/whales/default.asp

139. Southern Right Whales In Big Comeback CNN http://cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/20/right.whales.reut/index.html

140. Welcome To Singing Rock Press: Whales, Dolphins, And Marine LIfe! For middleschool aged children whales, dolphins, fish and other sea life is a source of whales in the Classroom Presents Getting to Know the whales http://www.whalebooks.com/

SINGING ROCK P R E S S WELCOME TO WHALES IN THE CLASSROOM WHO WE ARE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES PRODUCTS For middle-school aged children whales, dolphins, fish and other sea life is a source of constant interest and enjoyment. We have two books that have provided science-based instruction, activities, reading, and real-world issues about weather, food chains, whale migration, and career models for young women and men. At Singing Rock Press we believe that a large part of the healthy future of our planet rests on the health of our oceans, and the health of our oceans clearly rests on the interests of young people and their willingness to "follow their hearts to the seas." Join us in viewing some sample activities from our two books: "Whales in the Classroom Presents: Oceanography" and "Whales in the Classroom Presents: Getting to Know the Whales"

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