Whale Facts and Information
Senses
Whale Senses – Smell
For a long time, cetaceans have been thought to have either an extremely limited sense of smell or none at all. This is largely because the olfactory bulb (a sensory centre...
Senses
Whale Senses – Taste
The sense of taste is, in general, not as important to all animals as it is to human beings. We delight in a range of flavours, even craving sweet, sour or...
Senses
Whale Senses – Touch
Whales and other cetaceans live in a world completely different to ours. Theirs is a cold, watery, silent place that they share with millions upon millions of other species. To inhabit...
Anatomy
Whales Teeth
In certain whale species, teeth exist instead of the baleen plates of other whales. These whales are part of the Odontoceti suborder of Cetaceans, which eats mainly fish and crustaceans. Some...
Anatomy
Whales Fins and Flukes
The whale’s body is, in relation to so many other mammals, bulky, weighty and, usually, quite enormous. Still, whales are able to glide through the ocean’s waters gracefully and with ease.
This...
Anatomy
Whales Blubber
Whales, like all cetaceans, have a thick layer of blubber right beneath their hardy skin. This blubber is vascularised adipose tissue, comprises the hypodermis and covers the entire body with the...