Whales. Snapshot Picture Library

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      WHALES

      Published by Fog City Press,

       a division of Weldon Owen Inc.

       415 Jackson Street

       San Francisco, CA 94111

      WELDON OWEN INC.

       Vice President, Publisher Roger Shaw

       Creative Director Kelly Booth

       Executive Editor Elizabeth Dougherty

       Assistant Editor Katharine Moore

       Senior Designer William Mack

       Designer Michel Gadwa

      A WELDON OWEN PRODUCTION

       © 2010 Weldon Owen Inc.

      All rights reserved, including the right

       of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      ISBN: 978-1-61628-756-6

      Acknowledgments: Weldon Owen would like to thank the staff at Toucan

       Books Ltd, London, for their assistance in the production of this book.

      Whales are the largest creatures

       in the world. It can be hard to

       imagine just how big whales are.

       The largest whales have mouths

       big enough to swallow a car and

       are longer than a basketball court.

      It is often hard to see how big

       whales are because most of

       their bodies are underwater.

       Whales spend most of their time

       underwater in the ocean, coming

       up only a few times every hour to

       breathe. Once they fill their lungs

       with air, they dive back down

       below the surface again.

      The biggest

       whale of all is

       the blue whale.

       One can weigh

       as much as

       2,500 adult

       humans!

      Humpback whales have the

       longest flippers of any animal.

       They help them steer in water.