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ELA 3: Whale Anatomy 27 Views


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This is mandatory viewing for all of our whale users, but...we guess you humans can have a look as whale. 

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00:03

[Dino and Coop singing]

00:13

Whales have some interesting body parts that help them survive in the ocean.

00:17

Um…that is interesting, but uh…no. [A foot stuck to the top of a whale]

00:21

What body parts are we talking about?

00:23

Well, all whales have a blowhole, flukes, and flippers, just to name a few. [Dino pointing at a blackboard]

00:27

A whale’s blowhole is like a nostril—except instead of being inside a nose, it’s on

00:32

top of their head. [Mans nose slides to the top of his head]

00:33

Makes it awfully tough to reach with a Kleenex.

00:35

Some whales, like the humpback whale, have two blowholes…which allow the whale to breathe

00:39

a bit more easily. [Thumbs up]

00:41

A blowhole closes when a whale dives into the water and opens when it comes back to [The whale going under the water and the blowhole closes]

00:45

the surface.

00:46

A good thing, too, because otherwise it might inhale a bunch of salt-water, and would probably

00:50

launch into a prolonged coughing fit… [Whale coughing]

00:52

Flukes are the horizontal part of a whale’s tail.

00:54

They have no bones in them and move up and down using powerful muscles connected to a

00:59

whale’s backbone.

01:00

We once bumped into a whale tail we knew in a small club in Paris. [Whale tail behind a drum kit]

01:03

We thought maybe it followed us there…but, turns out it was just a fluke…

01:07

All right, let’s flipper right past that one…

01:09

Whales actually used to have limbs, like humans do… but over time, these limbs evolved into

01:14

flippers.

01:16

Flippers help a whale steer their body in the right direction.

01:19

Like…toward a Carl’s Jr. when it’s feeling snacky. [Whale going to an underwater Carl's Jr.]

01:22

Did you know that whales have no ears? [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

01:24

They also have no sweat glands.

01:26

Which comes in real handy anytime they’re at a Broadway musical audition. [Whale wearing a wig]

01:30

All whales have a thick layer of fat under their skin, called blubber.

01:33

The blubber can store energy, as well as keep a whale warm in cold waters.

01:37

Whales used to be hunted for their blubber—it was used to make oil for lamps. [Picture of whale hunting]

01:41

But in today’s lamps…it really just makes a mess.

01:44

So most whales are big fans of modern technology… [Whale giving the thumbs up to a modern lamp]

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