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DocumentsPage 1 Documents I have found usefull and interisting related to Whales Whales Count Nonprofit research/education project with ucsb's coal oil point natural reserve, goleta, ca + american cetacean society – channel islands, ca + cascadia research collective, olympia, wa + marine physical laboratory, scripps institution of oceanography, ucsd, la jolla, ca.2008CountDaily.pdf 41KB Courtesy of: http://www.acschannelislands.org/ Whales and Dolphins in Australian waters Dolphins, porpoises and whales all belong to a group of marine animals known as cetaceans. Like all mammals, whales, dolphins and porpoises are warm-blooded, breathe air, and suckle their young. about-whales-2006.pdf 667KB Courtesy of: http://www.environment.gov.au/ Busch Gardens Whales Background Information March 2002 WHALE WORKS Whales are aquatic mammals Whales share five common characteristics with other mammals. They're warm-blooded, maintain a high and constant body temperature independent of the surroundings, give live birth, nurse their young, breathe air, and have hair at some point in their lives. background.pdf 1.9 MB Courtesy of: http://www.seaworld.org/ GULF OF MEXICO – HOME TO WHALES AND DOLPHINS People are often surprised to learn that the Gulf of Mexico has whales and many types of dolphins – not just the well-known bottlenose dolphins like “Flipper.” Cetacean.pdf 977 KB Courtesy of: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/ Cetaceans: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Marine mammals in the cetacean family include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Although whales spend all their time in the oceans, they are mammals just like us. This means that they are warm blooded, give birth to live young, nurse their young, have traces of hair or fur, and must come to the surface to breathe air through their lungs. Cetaceans.pdf 227 KB Courtesy of: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org
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