Whales

HOW ENDANGERD ARE THEY

The whales are extremely endangered animals because of commercial fishing and whale hunting. There are also some other reasons that whales are dying out like getting hit by a boat or getting tangled in fishing nets. In Hawaii, they have sea military drills with submarines and every year they do this the whales that live there try to beach themselves because of all the sonar coming from the boats and submarines creating a massive noise.

HOW UNIQUE ARE THEY

They are one of the most unique animals on the planet because they are very smart animals and are very mysterious for several reasons. We really can’t study them because they dive so deep that some submarines can’t get to them. The only time we get to study them is when they are closer to the surface and when they travel.

THEIR HABITAT

Whales mostly live in the north and south pacific oceans deep in the ocean. Their habitat is being destroyed by boats that leave gas and oil. The big cargo boats pick up krill and other things whales eat.

 WHAT THEY HUNT AND EAT

Whales hunt and eat various types of marine life like krill, fish, shrimp, larvae, crabs and squid. To hunt their pray they use echo-location.     

HUMAN INVOLVEMENT

One of the reasons the whales are so endangered is because we hunt them for their meat and oil  in some countries they use the whale’s oil to make nuclear weapons so we are basically killing  whales so we can make something to destroy each other.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

If you see a beached whale calls your local wild life rescuers or marine zoo. If you don’t have either of them close to where you live call the police and ask them to look for help. While you wait try to keep the whales skin wet because it is very delicate.