• Blue Whales - the largest mammal on earth
• The loudest animal sound is made by blue whales, and it can be detected 530 miles away.
• The blue whale has a heart that weighs 1,300 lbs and beats only about 10 times per minute, as compared to the average human of 70 beats per minute
• In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk.
• A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle, and a small child could crawl through their major arteries.
• A blue whale's tongue is so large that fifty people could stand on it.
• A blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
• The blue whale is the fastest growing organism in the animal and plant kingdom.
• The blue whale is the loudest animal on the earth. Its whistle can reach up to 188 decibels.
• The blue whale's tail can generate 500 horsepower.
• narwhals
• Gray whales migrate 12,000 miles each year, farther than any other mammal.
• A whale's penis is called a dork.
• In years past, spermaceti oil – from the sperm whale – was used as transmission oil in Rolls-Royce automobiles.
• Orcas (killer whales), when travelling in groups, breathe in unison.
• absurd U.S. law: It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Oklahoma is landlocked)
• Groupings: "a pod of whales"; "a gam of whales"

Whales show the most spectacular growth known for any animal.  It takes only eleven months for a whale to develop from a microscopic egg to a weight of fifteen tons and a length of twenty-three feet.   And that's before it is born.    When the whale is born, it takes another year for it to grow to a length of 65 feet a nd a weight of 65 tons (one ton per foot), equaling 2.3 tons a month.

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whale (hwâl, wâl) noun
1. Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea, having the general shape of a fish with forelimbs modified to form flippers, a tail with horizontal flukes, and one or two blowholes for breathing, especially one of the very large species as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises.
2. Informal. An impressive example: a whale of a story.

verb, intransitive
whaled, whaling, whales
To engage in the hunting of whales.
[Middle English, from Old English hwæl.]

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whale (hwâl, wâl) verb
whaled, whaling, whales verb, transitive
To strike or hit repeatedly and forcefully; thrash.

verb, intransitive
To attack vehemently: The poet whaled away at the critics.
[Origin unknown.]

film _Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home_
- The whales were in fact four foot long animatronic models.  Four models  were created, and were so realistic that after release of the film, US  fishing authorities publically criticised the film makers for getting too  close to whales in the wild.  The scenes involving these whales were shot  in a highschool swimming pool.

The Whale Sail (huge sheets of stainless steel played wiith bows), which generate deep, resonate, primordial sounds. Invented by Constance Demby

• 604 track _Whales_ by Ju Ju Space Jazz off of _Shloop_  on Matsuri Productions

• 604 track _Whale_ MP3 by Witchcraft off of _Magic   Frequencies EP_ 12" on Matsuri Productions
• track _Third Whale Trip (Voices Of Kwahn - Aubrey Construction)_ MP3 by The Orb off of _Morphology_bootleg CD on O.R.B. Music (1993)

• ambient track _Save The Whale_ MP3 (vK) by Solar Quest off of _Orgship_ on Crammed Discs (1995)
• ambient track _Passing Airwhales (Part X)_ MP3 (192k) by Pete Namlook off of _A View To A Chill_ compilation
• title of compilation is in reference to a James Bond novel/flick _A View To A Kill_
• space ambient track _Whale Track_ MP3 (vK) by Salice off of _Aurora_ compilation CD on Merck #004 (2000)
• track _Thee Whale_ MP3 (192k) by Psychic TV off of _Kondole_ CD on Silent (1993)
• electro techno track _Song Of The Green Whale_ MP3 (192k) by Drexciya off of _Harnessed The Storm_ on Tresor (2002)
• 604 track _Ex-Whales_ MP3 (192k) by Growling Moon Spirits
• 604 track _White Whales_ MP3 (192k) by Great Leap Forward
• track _The Whale_ by Electric Light Orchestra off of _Out Of The Blue_ 12"x2   on Jet (1977)
• acid techno rave track _Killer Whale_ MP3 (192k) by Underground Resistance off of _Revolution For A Change_ 12"x2 on Underground Resistance #001 (1992)
• track _Robot Whales_ MP3 (96k) by Into Another off of s/t 12" on Revelation (1991)
• avant garde electronic track _Monks, Whales & Moonbeams (Over California)(Live San Francisco)_ MP3 by Holger Czukay & Dr. Walker off of _Clash_ CDx2 on Tone (1998)
• track _White Whale_ MP3 by Guided By Voices off of _Self Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia_ on Halo (1989)
• track _Nanga Def? (Hope You Choke On Your Whale Meat Mix)_ by The Orb off of _Icons Of The Orb_ bootleg CD (1994)
• track _Whales Tails_ MP3 by Cocteau Twins off of _Victorialand_ 12" on 4AD (1986)

• ambient nature release _Grooved Whale_ by Lisa Walker on Earthworm (2001)
• track _Whale Of A Tail_ MP3 by Finitribe

• track _The Exploder Whale_ MP3 (192k) by Old Man Gloom off of _Meditations In B_ on Tortuga (2000)
• jazz noise rock track _Whaling Ultimate_ MP3 by Phantom Tollbooth
• traditional bop vocal jazz track _Jonah & The Whale_ MP3 (224k) by Louis Armstrong (1938)
• track _Mother Whale Eyeless_ MP3 by Brian Eno off of _Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)_ on EG (1974)
• track _Stove By A Whale_ MP3 by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists off of _The Tyranny Of Distance_ on Lookout! (2001)
• track _Fudgy The Whale_ MP3 (160k) by Dub Narcotic Sound System & Jon Spencer Blues Explosion off of _Sideways Soul_ on K (1999)

• track _Three Whale Trip_ off of _Songs Of The Humpback Whale_ CD
• track _Belly Of The Whale_ MP3 by Burning Sensations
• track _Whales_ MP3 by DJ Buzz
• track _Home Of The Whale_ MP3 by Massive Attack
• track _Bachelorette (The Ice Princess & The Killer Whale Remix)_ MP3 (160k) by Bjork & Alec Empire
• Anomalog:
  • A Whale Of A Fart
  • Chimpy Declares War On Whales & Dolphins
  • Scientists Find New Species of Whale
• film _Whale Rider_ re: Maori

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