great whales
Massive marine mammals
Great whales are the largest cetacean species—those big enough to have been targets of commercial whaling.
The category typically includes blue whales, humpbacks, right whales, sperm whales, and others exceeding about 30 feet.
The term appears in conservation contexts and international whaling regulations: The moratorium protects great whales from commercial hunting.
- humpbackBaleen whale species
- mammalsHair-bearing, milk-producing animals
- breachingBreaking through something
- blow holeWhale's dorsal breathing aperture
- orcasLarge predatory dolphins
gentle giants · belugas · deep dive · ambergris · bowheads · migratory species · echolocation · harpoon · thar she blows · blubber · Jonah · Moby Dick · marine conservation · leviathan · flukes · marine sanctuaries · pod · deep-sea diving
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Smart aquatic mammals
porpoises · vaquita · bottlenose dolphin · river dolphins · spinner dolphin
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Drifting marine microlife
krill · small fish · copepods · microorganisms · zooplankton
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