1. Beluga Whales
By: Alissa
Feb.-Mar. 2011

2. Contents Introduction About Beluga Whales Fun Facts
Where do they live?
Pictures
Credits

3. Introduction
Personally, I think Beluga Whales are really cute! I don’t know about you, but they remind me of dolphins. I hope people could become a little more aware of beluga whales. This project was even a learning experience for me! Hope you like it!

4. About Beluga Whales Length: up to 18 feet (wow!)
Weight: up to 3,500 pounds(lay off the ice cream!)
Life Span: 25 to 30 years
Diet: fish, shrimp, lobsters, and crabs (See, food!)
Number of Young: 1
Home: Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific Oceans
Class: mammals
Family: white whales

5. Fun Facts Belugas are also known as white whales.
Their Scientific name is Delphinapterus leucas.
It takes 14 months for a beluga whale to develop inside of it’s mother.
The ends of their mouths curve up creating a permanent “smile”.
In Russian, beluga means “White one”.

6. What do They Eat?
A Beluga has to eat 3% of it’s weight each day. Doesn’t sound like much, right? Well, 3% could be up to 100 lbs! Luckily, their not picky eaters, fish, octopuses, squid, crabs, shrimp, clams, and sea snails are just some of the hundreds of sea animals they are known to eat.

7. Where do they live? In the ocean, obviously! But where in the ocean?
Belugas are kept in aquariums all over the world for several reasons, but in the wild they live the frigid waters of the Artic Ocean.

9. The impact of belugas in the world
WITH Belugas
WITHOUT Belugas
People can see their cuteness in zoos.
I can write about them in this report.
It could mess up the food chain.
The whale population would go down.
We’d miss seeing them!

10. Credits Grolier online MEL.org-
"Beluga." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000.   Reproduced in Kids InfoBits.  Detroit:  Gale, 2011.  
"Beluga Whales: The White Whale." Creatures of the Sea: Beluga Whales. Kris Hirschmann. KidHaven Press, 2004.   Reproduced in Kids InfoBits.  Detroit:  Gale, 2011.   Enchanted Learning
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Clip art

11. Come again soon!
BYE!! 