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.
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THE SEAS
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may reach the immense size of eighty—ve feet or more in
length:
The weight of such a whale would be over 300 tonsi ‘
Whales are distributed all over the oceans of_ the world;
but while the toothed whales are to be found roaming
throughout the central parts of the oceans where' their prey,Ÿ j
the squids, occur, the whalebone whalesare ’chiey conned
to the cold Arctic and Antarctic waters and the coastal ‘
j
':
banks,” where the drifting life on which they feed is most
abundant. , Many whales are stranded, dead or alive, from ;:
time' to time along the coasts of the British Isles.
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‘The habits and migrations of whales are now being closelÿ
studied by-the Dis'covery Expedition.
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'Recently an interesting letter was published in Natu‘ra
by Mr. R. W Gray on the sleep of whales.
It appears that
whales are very rarely seen sleepin g onthe surface ; when
they do so they lie motionleSs at " the surface with their
hacks just awash‘ad their blow holes just out of the
But _itis suggested that usually they sleep below the—surface
‘
with their blow holes tightly-closed, and this is quite
'
seeing that they can— remain beneath‘ the surface ffor
hour or -more.when batpooued,
__
fr-7Ï.ther mamralathat have taken tip» their abod‘e'È1‘1‘ the
the
the sea—lions and”the wê_li;g$esï Unhke
are" unable—td leave their ïWatery home,
sans
move! with > cOsiderablè : râpidi‘ty‘ «On »dfyh land
“
dry land to*”bring ‘torth‘ theiryoung
it
-’on«r‘ëka’ or on icé
and
said to
at rsttoenter
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.
'
THE SEAS
'
may reach the immense size of eighty—ve feet or more in
length:
The weight of such a whale would be over 300 tonsi ‘
Whales are distributed all over the oceans of_ the world;
but while the toothed whales are to be found roaming
throughout the central parts of the oceans where' their prey,Ÿ j
the squids, occur, the whalebone whalesare ’chiey conned
to the cold Arctic and Antarctic waters and the coastal ‘
j
':
banks,” where the drifting life on which they feed is most
abundant. , Many whales are stranded, dead or alive, from ;:
time' to time along the coasts of the British Isles.
N
‘The habits and migrations of whales are now being closelÿ
studied by-the Dis'covery Expedition.
7
f
‘
'
'Recently an interesting letter was published in Natu‘ra
by Mr. R. W Gray on the sleep of whales.
It appears that
whales are very rarely seen sleepin g onthe surface ; when
they do so they lie motionleSs at " the surface with their
hacks just awash‘ad their blow holes just out of the
But _itis suggested that usually they sleep below the—surface
‘
with their blow holes tightly-closed, and this is quite
'
seeing that they can— remain beneath‘ the surface ffor
hour or -more.when batpooued,
__
fr-7Ï.ther mamralathat have taken tip» their abod‘e'È1‘1‘ the
the
the sea—lions and”the wê_li;g$esï Unhke
are" unable—td leave their ïWatery home,
sans
move! with > cOsiderablè : râpidi‘ty‘ «On »dfyh land
“
dry land to*”bring ‘torth‘ theiryoung
it
-’on«r‘ëka’ or on icé
and
said to
at rsttoenter
Therearemanydeœntspec1esofSealsbut onlst@
: ‘areusually"«:.to”“Ê*b’efæsjeè—Ë àreuäî£tBi—4äziä %c‘”6