Search Results for: Mammals of the order Cetacea
[ edit ] minke whale skeleton, museum koenig , university of bonn . heart of a minke whale (balaenoptera acutorostrata). the minke whales are the second smallest baleen whale; only the pygmy right whale is smaller. upon reaching sexual maturity ( – years of age), males measure an average of m ( ft) and
were considered too small to chase, and received their name from a young norwegian whale-spotter in the crew of svend foyn , who harpooned one, mistaking it for a blue whale and was derided for it. [ ] by the end of the s, they were the target of coastal whaling by brazil, canada, china, greenland,...
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and molting . in contrast, both otters and the polar bear are much less adapted to aquatic living. the diets of marine mammals vary considerably as well; some eat zooplankton , others eat fish, squid, shellfish, or sea-grass, and a few eat other mammals. while the number of marine mammals is small compared
to survey populations, % of marine mammals are data deficient , especially around the antarctic polar front . in particular, declines in the populations of completely marine mammals tend to go unnoticed % of the time. [ ] exploitation[ edit ] see also: whaling , history of whaling , and seal hunting...
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