Humpback Whale By: MP

Name of my animal is the Humpback Whale The scientific name is Megaptera Novaeangliae It’s a baleen whale It’s in the whale family It’s a Mammal

Hair A blackish gray kind of color 62 feet long 106,000 pounds And has two blowholes They have a fluke which is the tail Two flippers Eyes on the side of their head Can’t see ears, they are slits The fluke is different on every whale

An average Humpback whale lives for… years Endangered Get captured in fishing nets 10,000-15,000 humpback whales world wide

Live everywhere except for Antarctica Do not live in arctic because it is too cold Live in salt water They don’t like to go too close to land

CLIMATE Do not like freezing water Swim south in winter Usually stays in warm/cool waters Lives in salt water

LANDFORM Lives in open ocean Don’t like to swim near trenches

FOOD Carnivore Eat krill and plankton Get their food by shooting their heads out of the water to collect krill Get a huge mouthful of krill when they open their mouth

PREDATORS AND PREY Predator is human Humpbacks are endangered because they get trapped in fishing nets a lot Its prey is tiny krill that live at the surface of the ocean They take big mouthfuls to collect the krill Plankton

BABIES Called caves Grows 1.5 feet every month No blubber Darker color then its parents Dark grey color Feed on mothers milk

PHYSICAL ADAPTATIONS Two blowholes on top of its head to help it breath Big mouth to capture krill Longest fluke of any whale to help it swim fast Long, bumpy fins to help it maneuver in the ocean

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS Blubber helps it float and keeps it warm Baleen plates are bones used to strain food inside a humpbacks body No blubber in babies so they have to work harder to swim

BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS Echolocation helps them find prey Hump on its back to help it breach the water Sing songs to attract females Dive in water to catch prey Do not mind being watched –they aren’t shy.

Sing songs to attract females 10,000 left in the world Biggest fins of any whale The bottom of a humpback whales fluke is always different