Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know/March, 2007
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- ...the songs of whales were sent into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft to represent sounds from Planet Earth.
- ...the Beluga whale is also known as the Sea Canary on account of its high-pitched squeaks, squeals, and whistles.
- ...Orcas are versatile predators with many populations actively hunting down whales such as the Grey Whale.
- ...the Sperm Whale, at 18 metres long, is the largest toothed animal to have ever lived.
- ...in spite of their enormous mass, baleen whales are capable of leaping completely out of the water, particularly the Humpback Whale.