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Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale is sometimes used to refer to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which are also cetaceans but belong to the suborder Odontoceti. This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga whale. The suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales), are filter feeders that feed on small organisms caught by straining seawater through a comblike structure found in the mouth called baleen. This suborder includes the blue whale, the humpback whale the bowhead whale and the minke whales. All Cetacea have forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and nasal openings on top of the head.


Whale Articles

General Whales
Overview of Whales
Baleen Whales
Whale Facts
Whale Communication
Whale Mating Rituals
List of All Whale Types
Whale Senses
Whale Intelligence
Whale Families

Types of Whales
Orca Whales
Blue Whales
Humpback Whales
Sperm Whales
Beluga Whales
Gray Whales

Extinction
Stop Whaling
Man the Enemy of Whales

Whale Watching
Whale Watching in Hawaii
Whale Watching in Australia
Whale Watching in Africa
Whale Watching in Antartica


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