Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass

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In the Northern Hemisphere, males weigh an average 100 metric tons (220,000lb) and females 112 metric tons (247,000lb). Eastern North Pacific blue whale males average 88.5 tonnes (195,000lb) and females 100 tonnes (220,000lb). Antarctic males average 112 tonnes (247,000lb) and females 130 tonnes (290,000lb). Pygmy blue whale males average 83.5 tonnes (184,000lb) to 99 tonnes (218,000lb). [48] The weight measured of the heart from a stranded North Atlantic blue whale was 180kg (400lb), the largest known in any animal. [49] Norena, S. R.; Williams, T. M. (2000). "Body size and skeletal muscle myoglobin of cetaceans: adaptations for maximizing dive duration". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A. 126 (2): 181–191. doi: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00182-3. PMID 10936758.

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a b c Branch, T. A. (2008). "Biological parameters for pygmy blue whales". International Whaling Commission Document. SC/60/SH6: 13. Vocalizations produced by the Eastern North Pacific population have been well studied. This population produces pulsed calls ("A") and tonal calls ("B"), upswept tones that precede type B calls ("C") and separate downswept tones ("D"). [91] [92] A and B calls are often produced in repeated co-occurring sequences and sung only by males, suggesting a reproductive function. [92] [93] D calls may have multiple functions. They are produced by both sexes during social interactions while feeding. [93] [94] and by males when competing for mates. [83] a b c d e f g h i j k l m Oliver, Chris W. (November 2020). Recovery Plan for the Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus) (Report). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved 12 April 2022. The physics of bubble rings and other diver's exhausts". Deep Ocean's Diving Science. Archived from the original on 6 October 2006 . Retrieved 19 December 2015. Baleen whales have no teeth; instead, they have plates of baleen, fringe-like structures that enable them to expel the huge mouthfuls of water they take in while retaining the krill and plankton they feed on. Because their heads are enormous—making up as much as 40% of their total body mass—and they have throat pleats that enable them to expand their mouths, they are able to take huge quantities of water into their mouth at a time. Baleen whales also have a well-developed sense of smell.

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Whales are fully aquatic creatures, which means that birth and courtship behaviours are very different from terrestrial and semi-aquatic creatures. Since they are unable to go onto land to calve, they deliver the baby with the fetus positioned for tail-first delivery. This prevents the baby from drowning either upon or during delivery. IWC. "The Great Whales". International Whaling Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017 . Retrieved 8 April 2018. Whales played a major part in shaping the art forms of many coastal civilizations, such as the Norse, with some dating to the Stone Age. Petroglyphs off a cliff face in Bangudae, South Korea show 300 depictions of various animals, a third of which are whales. Some show particular detail in which there are throat pleats, typical of rorquals. These petroglyphs show these people, of around 7,000 to 3,500 B.C.E. in South Korea, had a very high dependency on whales. [123]

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Funeral for a Whale held at Apam". GhanaWeb. Ghana News Agency. 10 August 2005 . Retrieved 15 April 2011. Ketten, Darlene R. (1992). "The Marine Mammal Ear: Specializations for Aquatic Audition and Echolocation". In Webster, Douglas B.; Fay, Richard R.; Popper, Arthur N. (eds.). The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. Springer–Verlag. pp.717–750. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7_44. ISBN 978-1-4612-7668-5. Blue whales off the Chilean coast may be a separate subspecies based on geographic separation, genetics, and unique song types. [26] [27] [28] Chilean blue whales may overlap in the Eastern Tropical Pacific with Antarctica blue whales and Eastern North Pacific blue whales. Chilean blue whales are genetically differentiated from Antarctica blue whales and are unlikely to be interbreeding. However, the genetic distinction is less with the Eastern North Pacific blue whale and there may be gene flow between hemispheres. [29] Description A blue whale with its bow wave, showing the blowholelandwhale: see also land whale‎ landwhale (English) Origin & history land + whale Noun landwhale (pl. landwhales) (slang, pejorative) An obese person. 1985, John J. Burke IV, "One… Siebert, Charles (8 July 2009). "Watching Whales Watching Us". The New York Times Magazine . Retrieved 29 August 2015. Hardin, G. (1960). "The competitive exclusion principle". Science. 131 (3409): 1292–1297. Bibcode: 1960Sci...131.1292H. doi: 10.1126/science.131.3409.1292. PMID 14399717. S2CID 18542809.