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  • church of St Mary Redcliffe ... may still be seen the "Dun Cow" bone, the rib of a cow whale, now the only remaining trophy of Cabot's expedition of 1497...
    7 KB (1,004 words) - 05:49, 28 April 2024
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    extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic mammal with...
    148 KB (16,428 words) - 19:20, 31 May 2024
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    species. Female whales are referred to as "cows." Cows assume full responsibility for the care and training of their young. Male whales, referred to as...
    107 KB (11,998 words) - 07:56, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Inhassoro
    dolphin, turtle, the rare and endangered dugong or sea cow, whale sharks, manta rays and humpback whales. www.inhassoro.org Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback...
    4 KB (172 words) - 11:12, 16 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for North Atlantic right whale
    The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, all of which...
    111 KB (11,236 words) - 15:29, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Humpback whale
    The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
    74 KB (7,590 words) - 18:54, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gray whale
    The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches...
    116 KB (13,217 words) - 05:57, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Steller's sea cow
    This size made the sea cow one of the largest mammals of the Holocene epoch, along with baleen whales and some few toothed whales, and was likely an adaptation...
    69 KB (7,410 words) - 09:11, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Whale fall
    A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor, typically at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), putting them in...
    37 KB (4,490 words) - 17:37, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bowhead whale
    The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus...
    67 KB (7,127 words) - 07:09, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for North Pacific right whale
    The North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. On average and...
    188 KB (23,739 words) - 14:14, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern right whale
    The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern...
    115 KB (11,443 words) - 17:31, 1 December 2023
  • frame the innocent whales and dolphins as scapegoats. The Japanese agree to cease their whaling efforts and start slaughtering cows and chickens, storming...
    20 KB (2,294 words) - 15:13, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spade-toothed whale
    species, Mesoplodon bahamondi or Bahamonde's beaked whale. In December 2010, two specimens, a cow and calf, were found stranded on Opape Beach, Bay of...
    14 KB (1,634 words) - 08:29, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Common minke whale
    common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest...
    147 KB (19,768 words) - 06:24, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of captive orcas
    Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular...
    153 KB (17,804 words) - 12:27, 29 May 2024
  • "sea loach"), which in turn has been identied with 鯨鯢 jīngní "bull-whales and cow-whales" by Emperor Yuan of Liang in his treatise Jinlouzi (金樓子 "Master...
    11 KB (1,244 words) - 17:35, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Toothed whale
    other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. 73 species of toothed whales are described. They are one of two living groups...
    85 KB (9,493 words) - 16:33, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pygmy right whale
    The pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is a species of baleen whale. It may be a member of the cetotheres, a family of baleen whales which until 2012...
    19 KB (2,436 words) - 16:14, 11 April 2024
  • chewing its food, an idea that was added to make it seem docile like a cow. Whale songs and donkey calls were used for the Brachiosaurus sounds, although...
    177 KB (17,761 words) - 13:18, 2 June 2024
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