Whale Reports

Students in Mrs. Burns second grade class wrote reports about whales.

 

Orca Whale

By Brian

An Orca is cool. An Orca whale weighs about 12,OOO pounds and is as long as 27- 32 feet, so pretty long. It is an effective predator and has one blowhole. It is black and white. It is found in tropical and cold waters. It eats fish and squid. It jumps up and looks around and breeches. Its enemies are sharks and humans.

 

Sperm Whale

By Marcus

The Sperm’s color is dark blue and black. Its brain is about 20 pounds. It eats small fish. It weighs about 25 tons. Its speed is 39 miles per hour. Its enemies are sharks. It eats shellfish. That is why it is amazing.

 

Blue Whale

By Brooke

The Blue Whale is an interesting animal. The Blue Whale’s weight is 120 tons. The whale’s length is 80 feet. The color of the whale is gray and blue. It is found in all of the oceans. Some interesting facts are it is a baleen whale and it has two blowholes. One of its body movements is a flip. Its speed is 20 miles per hour. It eats plankton and krill. One of its enemies is the Orca.

 

Common Dolphins

By Meih

They are very cool animals. Common Dolphins are very colorful sea creatures. They are very fast swimmers. They live in warm temperate waters. Common Dolphins weigh up to 230 pounds. The length is 7.5-8.5 feet. Common Dolphins eat squid and small schools of fish. Common Dolphins enemies are very mean fisherman. Common dolphins can jump up and turn and they can also jump up and see 5 miles. When they want to talk to each other they could click or whistle to each other. That is why common dolphins are cool.

 

Blue Whale

By Courtney

Blue Whales are intelligent mammals. Blue Whales eat plankton and krill. Blue Whales are gray and blue. The Blue Whales live in every ocean. The Blue Whales weigh 120 tons. They are 80 feet long. Blue Whales go 20 miles per hour. Their enemies are the Orca Whale. Blue Whales are baleen whales. The Blue Whale has 2 blowholes. Blue Whales can do flips. That is why I think the Blue Whale is intelligent.

 

Orca

Steven

The Orca is amazing. It weighs 8,000 pounds. Its length is 22-33 feet long. The males fin is bigger then the females. It can breech. Their enemies are sharks. It eats fish. It moves 30 miles per hour. The colors are black and white. It lives in tropic warm water. It is a toothed whale.

 

Spotted Dolphin

By Fallyn

Dolphins are very intelligent. The Spotted Dolphin eats squid and large fish. Spotted Dolphins are very fast swimmers. They are gray with white spots. They live in the Atlantic Ocean. They can do forward flips and bow riding. They can get confused with a Bottlenose Dolphin. They can weigh 143 pounds and have a length of 2.3 feet. They can have 30 to 42 teeth. They are very amazing.

 

Risso’s Dolphin

By Eric

Risso’s Dolphin is found in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. They are 1200 pounds. They also eat squid and octopi. Their enemies are sharks and killer whales and false killer whales. They are 12 feet long. They have no teeth in the upper jaw. It needs warm water.

 

Bottlenose Dolphin

By Henry

The Bottlenose Dolphin is an interesting animal. It is 12 feet long and its weight is 1,400 pounds. Its color is dark blue gray to dark brown gray. It eats fish and squid. Two of the enemies are the shark and the orca. Its top speed is 20 miles per hour. It is a toothed mammal. It can be 25 years old. It can jump 20 feet in the air and it can dive over 1,000 feet down in the ocean. That’s why I think a Dolphin is cool.

 

Narwhal

By Andrew

A Narwhal is a cool sea animal. It can live to 50 years. You can find it in the Atlantic Ocean. Its color is pale brown with dark markings. It eats squid and fish. Its length is 18 feet. It weighs one ton. Its enemies are men, shark, orcas, polar bears and walruses.

 

Risso’s Dolphin

By Jaedyn

Risso’s Dolphin is a very unique creature. It lives in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. It eats squid and octopi. Its enemies are the shark, killer whale, and the false killer whale. It weighs 1,200 pounds. They have no teeth in their upper jaw. They need warm waters. They’re about 12 feet long. One of their tricks is spy-hopping. Their color is gray. They swim at a speed of about 5 knots.

 

Bowhead Whale

By Samantha

The Bowhead Whale is an amazing animal. It lives in the Arctic Ocean. It weighs 80 to 110 tons. It can be 50 to 60 feet long. Its speed is 2 to 7 mph. The Bowhead Whale floats when its dead. It eats plankton.

 

Gray Whale

By Casey

Gray Whales are cool. The Gray Whale eats shrimp and plankton. The Gray Whale’s enemies are the Killer Whale and sharks. The color of the Gray Whale is gray. Most of the time Gray Whales go 2 to 6 miles per hour, but they can get up to 10 or 11 miles per hour. They can grow up to be 45 to 50 feet long. When they do the spy hop, the head comes out of the water 10 feet. The Gray Whale has a layer of blubber that is 10 inches thick.

 

Atlantic White Sided Dolphin

By Jillian

Atlantic White Sided Dolphins are cool. You can find White Sided Dolphins in cool and sub-arctic waters. White Sided Dolphins have white sides. Sometimes Atlantic White Sided Dolphins eat with other baleen whales. They can weigh 600 to 800 pounds. Atlantic White Sided Dolphins should look out for sharks and killer whales. White Sided Dolphins eat schooling fish and squid. They make clicks and whistles to talk. They can be as fast as 5.7 km. That’s why I think they are cool.

 

Bottlenose Dolphin

By Blake

A Bottlenose Dolphin is very intelligent. A Bottlenose Dolphin is gray and dark blue. Its weight is 1,400 pounds. A Bottlenose Dolphin is a toothed whale. It eats fat fish and squid. Its enemies are sharks and Orcas. Bottlenose Dolphins go 20 miles per hour. It lives on the shelf of New Jersey. It lives 25 years long. It is 12 feet long.

 

Beluga

By Mandi

Beluga whales are cool. They are all white. They do a lot of tricks. They have teeth. It eats fish and squid. Their enemies are crustaceans and octopi.

 

Minke whale

By Kristen

A Minke Whale is cool. A Minke Whale has two blowholes. It can be 25 feet long and weigh 6 to 7.5 tons. A Minke Whale eats plankton and fish and krill. Minke Whales can be found in polar seas. A Minke Whale is dark gray above. A Minke Whale can dive for up to 20-25 minutes.

 

Narwhal

By Brendan

A Narwhal is an interesting creature. A Narwhal can live up to 50 years. A Narwhal lives in the Atlantic Ocean. A Narwhal is pale brown with black markings. A Narwhal weighs 1 ton. A Narwhal is 18 feet long. A Narwhal eats cod, squid, and cuttlefish. The Narwhals enemies are men, polar bears, orcas, sharks, and walruses.

 

Atlantic White Sided Dolphin

By Lacey

Atlantic White Sided Dolphins are awesome. Atlantic White Sided Dolphins weigh 600 to 800 pounds.The length is 7 to 9 feet. Where you would find it is in cool and sub-arctic waters. Its color is white on the sides. Its speed is 5.7 km per hour. It likes to breech. Atlantic White Sided Dolphins make clicks and whistles. Atlantic White Sided Dolphins eat schooling fish and squid. Their enemies are sharks and the killer whale. That’s why Atlantic White Sided Dolphins are awesome.

 

Common Dolphin

By Madison

Common Dolphins are cool. They eat schooling fish and squid. They jump out of the water. They have large herds. They make weird sounds like clicks. Their weight is 257 pounds. Also, the color is grayish black and the tummy is white. It has colorful markings It swims in warm waters. The enemies are fishermen. It swims fast.

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