Lowtide During their six-month migration


from Alaska to Hawaii, humpback whales lose up to eight tons of body fat.


Young humpback whales have been


reported breaching 130 times in 75 minutes.


The flippers of a humpback whale can be 16 feet long.


The humpback’s flippers are nearly one-third the length of its entire body.


MARITIME TRIVIA BY BRYAN HENRY


A blue whale’s tongue is 10 feet thick and weighs as much as an elephant.


Blue whales eat more than one


million calories of krill (tiny shrimp-like crustaceans) a day.


A blue whale consumes as many


calories during one season of feeding than a human does in a lifetime.


When a blue whale exhales, the air


is released at 300 mph, and the blow or spout can be 35 feet high and 25 feet wide and is visible for several miles.


A newborn blue whale calf measures


23 feet long and can weigh more than two tons - as much as a full-grown elephant.


At six months old, blue whales may


be as much as 50 feet long. Beluga whales use their teeth for


grasping, not chewing, because they swallow food whole.


Beluga whales were nicknamed Boater’s Swap Meet It’s time again to get that box of


stuff out of the garage, empty the lazarette and head to the


48° North Boater’s Swap Meet. Hundreds, even thousands, of your fellow boaters will be there selling


those items that you’ve been yearning for but couldn’t find, and buying those items you’ve stored forever


that someone really needs. It’s a bargain hunter’s paradise. And it’s FREE!


Fisheries Supply


Saturday, September 10, 2011 Mariner’s Square Parking Lot


(across from,but not in, Gasworks Park)


1900 N. Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • (206) 632-3555


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“sea canaries” by fishermen because they emit squeals, chirps, whistles and other sounds.


A beluga can make two completely different sounds simultaneously.


Belugas are not born white but are


gray. Their skin turns white only after reaching adulthood at five to six years old.


In the womb, baby whales have hind legs which disappear before birth.


Dolphins call one another by name, just as people do. Dolphins have no sweat glands and


stay cool by releasing heat through their flippers.


Dolphins have different mates every


season. A dolphin exchanges up to 90


percent of the air in its lungs every time it breathes. Most other mammals, including man, exchange only about 15 percent.


A mother dolphin burps her calf by thumping its belly with her snout.


Dolphins feed at depths of six feet


and can stay submerged for about 15 minutes.


Dolphins can live for more than 50 years.


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