Southern+Right+whale

T Animal:Southern Right Whale Animal Group: Description of animal group || Southern Right Whale Mammal Warm Blooded, Have live Babies and have a variety of differnt types of skin. || Observation Describe your animal (Colour, size, body parts) || * Dark skin, with irregular white patches on the throat and belly. Describe how your animal behaves (moves, flies, runs) || **Whales** have horizontal tail flukes that **move** up and down to propel them through the water at a great speed || Where it lives || Southern right whales live at latitudes between 20°-55° but will occasionally venture down to 63°. || What it eats How it eats || Southern Right Whales do not have teeth; instead they have 200-270 pairs of black comb-like baleen plates. They feed by taking in mouthfuls of water containing many tiny crustaceans. The crustaceans get trapped as the water strains out through the gaps between the baleen and are swallowed. || How does it have babies? How does it care for its babies? How long do they live? || each winter the whales leave their sub-Antarctic feeding areas and travel north to warmer waters to calf. The calves are fed thick, rich milk and they can gain about 90 kg per day. The adults and young migrate to the sub-Antarctic feeding grounds in spring. || What does it do during the day and night? || Whales eat up to 400 kg of food a day. The Right whales eat krill and plankton. The reason why they eat such small food is because of their baleen plates and their throats are rather small, They can't even swallow an orange! Instead of teeth they have baleen plates which hang like vertical Venetian blinds from the upper jaw. There are 160 to 360 on each side. The baleen plates are like finger nails. || How has it changed over time in Antarctica? || In winter the whales move north to the warmer waters of southern Australia. Here they mate and their calves are born. The whales give birth about every three years. Calves must swim as soon as they are born. Their mother feeds them with her very rich milk and they grow rapidly. In spring, the calves swim with their mothers to the colder feeding waters. During the summer months the southern right whale feeds on vast amounts of plankton. They also sometimes eat krill. Their food is found mainly in rich waters in the Southern Ocean. The whale filters its food animals from the water with the big plates called baleen plates it has in its mouth. The whale licks the food off the baleen plates with its huge tongue. Its kidneys get rid of the extra salt in its food and the seawater that it takes in while eating || ype in the content of your page here.
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 * A round body which tapers to a relatively narrow tail stock.
 * A broad tail, with flukes which form a wide triangle with a notch in the middle.
 * Large, broad pectoral fins, which have a rectangular shape.
 * A large, narrow head with a highly arched mouth.
 * A round body which tapers to a relatively narrow tail stock.
 * A broad tail, with flukes which form a wide triangle with a notch in the middle.
 * Large, broad pectoral fins, which have a rectangular shape.
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