English Assignment (Tue) due 16 Dec: Great Whales by Muzaffar
Author: Muzaffar Z // Category: Community BLOG - DLS, Community BLOGGERS, Online Assignment - EnglishHi there, my name is Muzaffar. I would like to talk about one of God’s beautiful creatures in the world, whales.
Whales are the biggest of the sea mammals. There are two kinds of whales, they are ballen and toothed. Ballen whales, such as blue whales and humpback have bristly plates instead of teeth in their mouths. These are made of a material called ballen. To feed, the whales take in gulps of water. Tiny creatures are trapped on the ballen as the water drains out. Toothed whales such as the killer whale(orca) have to hunt for their food.
There are about 23 species of large-toothed whales and 10 species of ballen whales. Some of the whales are very hard to find because of extinction. They may look like a fish but whales are warm-blooded,air-breathing mammals. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived on earth. It can reach a length of 30m and weight of 150 tonnes equal to 20 fully grown elephants. A baby blue whale is already 7m long when it is born, it weighs 1000 times more than a newborn human baby. Like most of other large whales, the blue whale has no teeth. It is a ballen whale that feeds on tiny plankton and krill living near the surface of the sea. Other whales have lots of teeth and feed on fish, squid, seals and penguins.
Male humpback are famous for their beautiful ’songs’. They sing for hours on end, pausing only briefly for breath. Each individual has his own song. He uses these to attract females and frighten off other males.
The sperm whale dives longer and deeper than any other mammal as it searches for giant squid to eat.The deepest recorded dive by a sperm whale is 2000m and the longest lasted nearly two hours.
I would end my article about a different kind of whale, Beluga. This whale is the most adorable whale that ever swam the oceans. It is pure white but the young are grey. It can grow more than 6m. Belugas have no dorsal fin. A plane was built by the inspiration of the beluga’s head, the plane was named Airbus A300-600ST BELUGA.
Thats all from me for now, thank you.



























