What type of animal is a whale?
Whales are a type of marine mammals (warm-blooded animals that breathe air).
Fun Whale Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
Fun Whale Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
Fun Whale Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
Fun Whale Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
What do they prey on? Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they? 8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type Smooth
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
What do they prey on?
Krill, anchovies, crustaceans, herring fish, and schooling fish
What do they eat?
Carnivore
Average litter size?
1
How much do they weigh?
0.148-200 ton (135-181,437 kg)
How long are they?
8.4-98 ft (2.5-29.8 m)
How tall are they?
N/A
What do they look like?
Gray, blue, black, and white
Skin Type
Smooth
What were their main threats?
Humans
What is their conservation status?
Endangered, Vulnerable, and Least Concern (depending on species)
Where you’ll find them? Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
Where you’ll find them?
Polar And Sub-tropical Regions
Locations
North America And The Arctic
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Depends on the type of whales
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Depends on the type of whales
Class Mammalia
Family Mysticeti - baleen whales Physeteroidea - sperm whales Ziphioidea - beaked whales Delphinidae - orca whale (killer whales)
