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  • Thumbnail for James Whale
    needed to help support the family. Thought not physically strong enough to follow his brothers into the local heavy industries, Whale started work as a cobbler...
    53 KB (6,507 words) - 03:42, 23 November 2024
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    The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the...
    145 KB (15,008 words) - 08:21, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blue whale
    blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 t...
    100 KB (11,106 words) - 14:31, 26 November 2024
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    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 a worldwide...
    149 KB (16,529 words) - 16:04, 24 November 2024
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    ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature...
    118 KB (16,810 words) - 04:08, 26 November 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...
    68 KB (7,261 words) - 21:37, 19 November 2024
  • The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same...
    86 KB (5,709 words) - 09:10, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baleen whale
    Baleen whales (/bəˈliːn/), also known as whalebone whales, are marine mammals of the parvorder Mysticeti in the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and...
    116 KB (12,779 words) - 04:43, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Whale watching
    Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat. Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity...
    60 KB (6,983 words) - 01:07, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Minke whale
    minke whale (/ˈmɪnki/), or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale. The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and...
    30 KB (3,548 words) - 14:13, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Right whale
    whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E...
    63 KB (7,034 words) - 08:46, 18 November 2024
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    Cetacea (redirect from Whale pod)
    from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos) 'huge fish, sea monster') is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla...
    121 KB (13,332 words) - 03:39, 18 November 2024
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    between that of a dolphin and a true whale, with males growing up to 5.5 m (18 ft) long and weighing up to 1,600 kg (3,530 lb). This whale has a stocky body...
    195 KB (20,199 words) - 04:18, 25 November 2024
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    and sunk by a sperm whale. About 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) from the coast of South America, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in three...
    34 KB (4,392 words) - 09:38, 10 November 2024
  • Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation. The mechanisms used to produce sound vary from one family of cetaceans to another. Marine...
    45 KB (5,175 words) - 20:08, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for James Whale (radio presenter)
    host of The James Whale Radio Show on Radio Aire in Leeds, which was simulcast on national television. From 1995 to 2008, Whale hosted a night time radio...
    25 KB (2,907 words) - 15:55, 11 November 2024
  • The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the...
    25 KB (2,057 words) - 02:26, 8 November 2024
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    Whaling (redirect from Whale hunting)
    Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the...
    76 KB (8,625 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Livyatan
    author of the famous novel Moby-Dick about a white bull sperm whale. Herman Melville often referred to whales as "Leviathans" in his book. It is mainly...
    53 KB (5,887 words) - 16:03, 18 November 2024
  • Benny is a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) that made headlines in the United Kingdom in September 2018 after being sighted travelling towards London...
    6 KB (704 words) - 03:18, 17 June 2024
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