Blue whales can weigh up to 150 tons and are 80 feet long. This means they are bigger than a bus! They have two blowholes on their back and when they blow water it stinks so bad! They also have a dorsal fin. Blue whales have baleen that is black in color. They eat krill and plankton.
Orca whales are 23 feet long and weigh up to 12,000 pounds. Orca whales have their eyes under the white spots on their head. Orca whales have teeth, not baleen. Whales are known to spyhop. Spyhopping is when a whale pokes its head out of the water to see what is going on. I would like to know if Orca whales eat Blue whales. I wonder this because Orca whales have teeth. Some day I hope to see a whale at Sea World.
Learning about whales is so much fun!
Peyton
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Hi Peyton! I am reading your post from Wisconsin and learning about whales - thanks to you. You sure know a lot about whales! Here's one thing I know: I wish I had blubber like a whale right now because it's 15 below zero here!! I look forward to reading more of your blog!!
ReplyDeleteHi Uncle Mackie,
DeleteWe used Crisco for our blubber experiement. Maybe if you put it on your whole body you will stay warm.?
Love, Peyton
Hello Peyton! Joni and Larry here. We have just read your blog and loved it!! Your classroom sounds like so much fun. You are learning so many interesting things and Miss Kloczko sounds like a wonderful teacher. I love that you like to read. I use to teach my kids about whales and penguins too! Enjoy school and be a sponge and soak it all up!!
ReplyDeleteHi Joni and Larry,
DeleteI am glad you liked our blog. The next time we see each other we should talk about whales and penguins.
Love, Peyton
Hi Peyton! It's Auntie Nellie. I'm so impressed with all you know about whales! I did not know that when the whales blow water it stinks or that Orca's eyes are right below the white spots. Keep reading and learning! I love your blogs!
ReplyDeleteHi Auntie Nellie,
DeleteI am glad you can see what we are doing in school. First grade is so much fun!
Love, Peyton
Don't think it worked with our smart phones. Aunt Martha and Papa tried about 6 times with our phones and it didn't seem to work...sorry!
ReplyDeleteSo here we go Peyton! Now we hope we are blog wizards!
Let's see if it works from Papa's laptop.
Papa remembers when the computer at college was a huge building 7 stories tall in Madison, Wisconsin and we had to enter data with punch cards! Now there's more processing power in a phone.
I am so pleased with your computer skills Peyton! I like your blog on music and the whales. The blogs are so well done!
Did you know Papa has seen live Ora Whales in Alaska? We fly over Orca Bay at Cordova, Alaska to go heliskiing. I first saw them in Cook's Bay near Anchorage, Alaska on a hunting trip years ago. We saw Beluga Whales also. They are all so beautiful! There are lots of Sea Otters and Eagles as well! Do you want a picture over looking Orca Bay?
Listen to Larry & Joni and be like a sponge absorbing all you can every day!
Let me know if my comments get to you from here in Dallas, Texas.
Sounds like Uncle Mackie lives in the Arctic Circle!
Love,
Papa
Hi Papa,
DeleteYes please share those pictures with me so I can share with my class! I can't believe you saw real whales in Alaska.
Love, Peyton
Hi Peyt,
DeleteI'm so glad you are learning so much about whales! However, I hope I never have to be over the blowhole of a blue whale if it STINKS, YUCKY!! Keep learning, I'm amazed each evening when I get to hear what you have learned each day.
Keep Dreaming.
Love,
Daddy
Hi Peyt! I love reading your blogs...it's so fun to hear what you are doing in school...helps those of us that are so far away keep in touch with what you are doing!
ReplyDeleteThe only whales I've ever seen are at Sea World. They are fascinating creatures! Your mom, auntie M, uncle Mackie and uncle monkey all went to see them at Sea World when they were about your age. We had so much fun!
Keep learning and blogging! Love, Mamaw