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Angela Duncan.  General Facts about Toothed Whales  Diet  Examples of Species ◦ Sperm Whales ◦ Narwhals ◦ Belugas ◦ Orcas ◦ Dolphins ◦ Porpoises.

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1 Angela Duncan

2  General Facts about Toothed Whales  Diet  Examples of Species ◦ Sperm Whales ◦ Narwhals ◦ Belugas ◦ Orcas ◦ Dolphins ◦ Porpoises

3  66 species  Have actual teeth  Are generally smaller than Baleen Whales  Males are larger than females  Hunt larger prey  Have a single blowhole  Strong social structure

4  Fish  Crustaceans  Seals  Sea Lions  Mollusks  Other whales

5  Sharks ◦ Bull ◦ Tiger ◦ Dusty  Other whales ◦ Orcas  Humans

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7  Largest toothed whales  Box-shaped head  S shaped blowhole on the left side of its head  Live in both cool and tropical waters  Live up to 70 years  Can dive up to 10,500 ft.  200,000 worldwide

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9  Long tusk that protrudes out of the upper jaw  Grow up to 16 ft. and weigh1.8 tons  Sleek body and no dorsal fin  Live in Arctic waters  Live up to 50 years  10,000-45,000 in existence  Name means “corpse whale”

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11  Small, stout, and streamline  Known for their ghostly white skin  Grow up to 15 ft. and weigh 3,300 lbs  Can dive up to 2,100 ft, but usually dive 66 ft  Live in Arctic waters, but migrate in summer  Live up to 30 years  40,000-80,000 worldwide  Name means “white one” in Russian

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13  Sleek, streamlined, have beaks  Can grow 8-9 ft and up to 600 lbs  Can live up to 48 years  Very intelligent and sociable  Found in tropical waters all over the world  Have coordinated hunting patterns  Population unknown, but 243,000 live in the Pacific

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15  Member of the dolphin family  Inhabit all oceans of the world  Largest predatory mammals – 22 ft.  8,000 – 12,000 lbs  Live around 50 years  Live and hunt in packs  Called sea wolves  Unknown population

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17  Smallest porpoises  Only 4-6 ft and 150 lbs  Live up to 20 years  Located in coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere  Can dive a few hundred feet  Come up every 25 seconds to breathe  Group name is called a shoal  Unknown population

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