Endangered+Whales

As you can tell by the title,this page is about endangered whales.There are so many whales endangered for so many reasons **WHY IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!** Whales have been hunted for thousands of years. Some were even hunted to extinction such as The Atlantic Gray Whale. Which is why you will not find it on the table below. Others became scarce by the 17th century, such as Bow heads. ! We were hunting whales so much because they provide meat, oil, blubber(for fuel), and their bones can be used as fertilizer. People were actually counting the whales, but they were counting the same whales over and over again, so obviously,there count was not accurate. So they thought that it would still be okay to hunt whales.
 * WHY WERE WE HUNTING WHALES SO MUCH?!?!?!?!?!? **
 * WOULDNT THEY HAVE REALIZED THAT THEY WERE BECOMING EXTINCT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! **

Most people categorize whales with fish, but fish and whales are two different types of species. Whales are not fish, and it is a common mistake for people to think that they are. What makes whales classified as another underwater species is that whales forelimbs overtime have become the shape of fins, which gives them the "superficial" fish look. Though, whales have tail flukes that are horizontal, while fish have vertical tails. Whales are water mammals that can live in both fresh and salt water, but fresh water does not provide all the necessities that salt water does. Whales breathe water through blowholes, which is the transferred to their lungs. Whales do have hair on their body, but not as much as land mammals. Whales have mammary glands which nourish their young(s). Whales, just as humans, come in many shapes and sizes. The largest whale, the blue whale, can be as long as 94 feet! While the smallest whale, the dwarf sperm whale, can grow up to be 8.5 feet. So that is a 85.5 foot difference!

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I hope you have enjoyed my wiki spaces page on whales!!!!!! Ti learn more about sprecific whales, look at the table below and click on their names and you will be fascinated by what you see. Now, you have explored this page, read the articles, and have seen the video. Now, its time for YOU to make a difference, whether it be in your town, state, country, or just in your neighborhood go to [|www.ifaw.org] or the same website but the specific page http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_international/join_campaigns/protecting_whales_around_the_world/index.php or http://www.savethewhales.org/ to adopt a whale, find out



Below, is a table of some endangered whales and their scientific names.
 * ===Common Names=== ||  ||
 * ~ Common Name ||~ Scientific Name ||~ Language ||~ Image ||
 * [|Baleen whales] || Balaenoptera || English ||~  ||
 * [|Beaked whales] || Ziphiidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Beaked whales] || Mesoplodon || English ||  ||
 * [|Bottle-nosed whales] || Hyperoodon || English ||  ||
 * [|Bottlenose whales] || Hyperoodon || English ||  ||
 * [|Bowhead whales] || Balaenidae || English ||  ||
 * [|False killer whales] || Pseudorca || English ||  ||
 * [|Finback whales] || Balaenoptera || English ||  ||
 * [|Finback whales] || Balaenopteridae || Unspecified ||  ||
 * [|Finner whales] || Balaenopteridae || English ||  ||
 * [|Giant beaked whales] || Berardius || English ||  ||
 * [|Giant bottle-nosed whales] || Berardius || English ||  ||
 * [|Goose-beaked whales] || Ziphius || English ||  ||
 * [|Gray whales] || Eschrichtius || English ||  ||
 * [|Gray whales] || Eschrichtiidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Grey whales] || Eschrichtiidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Grey whales] || Eschrichtius || English ||  ||
 * [|Humpback whales] || Megaptera || English ||  ||
 * [|Killer whales] || Orcinus || English ||  ||
 * [|Killer whales] || Delphinidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Melon-headed whales] || Peponocephala || English ||  ||
 * [|Pilot whales] || Globicephala || English ||  ||
 * [|Pilot whales] || Delphinidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Pygmy killer whales] || Feresa || English ||  ||
 * [|Pygmy right whales] || Caperea || English ||  ||
 * [|Pygmy right whales] || Neobalaenidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Pygmy sperm whales] || Kogia || English ||  ||
 * [|Right whales] || Balaena || English ||  ||
 * [|Right whales] || Balaenidae || English ||  ||
 * [|Right whales] || Eubalaena || English ||  ||
 * [|Small sperm whales] || Kogia || English ||  ||
 * [|Sperm whales] || Physeter || English || [[image:http://128.128.175.244/fedora/get/data:72576/SmallThumbnail caption="Physeter"]] ||
 * [|Sperm whales] || Physeteridae || English ||  ||
 * [|Tasmanian beaked whales] || Tasmacetus || English ||  ||
 * [|Whales, dolphins, and porpoises] || Cetacea || Unspecified ||  ||
 * [|Whales] || Cetacea || English ||  ||
 * [|White whales] || Monodontidae ||  ||   ||
 * [|White whales] || Delphinapterus ||  ||