Whales

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Igama lomndenazo elijayelekileko

Whales

Ezinye zakwabo ngokulamana kwazo

Right whale, Minke whale, Bryde’s whale, Blue whale, Gray whale, Pygmy whale.

Igama lesayensi

Cetacea

Ubukhulu

Ingakhula beyibe mamitha ama-34m

Ikambiso yokufanisa

Inomzimba omkhulu owande ngemida ehlaleleneko. Ubukhulu bamalungu womzimbayo ethaya ngawo ahluka ngokuya ngerhemo lazo. Imibalazo ihluka ukusuka, komlotha okukhanyako, ohlaza sasibhakabhaka ukuya konzima kanye nomhlophe. Silwani somhlobo omunyisako esikhulu khulu kunazo zoke elwandle.

Ilwazi elivamileko

Irhemo lama-Cetacea likhawi ngezintathu zerhemo lazo elincani, kuthi elilodwa selatjhabalala, begodu zinemihlobo engaba matjhumi abunane nobunane. Zifaka hlangana ezibizwa nge-baleen and toothed whales. Imhlobo walezo ezimunyisako. Amarhubhululo aveze bonyana ama-whales akabanjwa lula malwelwe angabangelwa budisi bazo nofana bomthwalo. Kunokubonakala zivula amanzi bezingenelele, ngokuthi umsila uphehle kanye nokukweqa ngokungakalindeleki. Imisilazo ibonakala indlalekile ngemanzini begodu ziyisebenzisela amandla nokunzinza. Inengi lazo zinelungu langemhlana ezithaya ngalo. Umhlobo obizwa ngama-Baleen whales zineentunja embili ezivuthela ngazo, kuthi lezo zamazinyo afana nesarha zibe nayinye. Zimhlobo oqoqosela amaqandazo ngendeni begodu zizala amadzinyana sele aphila.

Ukudla kwazo

Umhlobo wama-Toothed whales uphila ngokudla ezinye iinlwani zomhlobo omunyisako zemalwandle kanye neemfesi. Kuthi ama-Baleen whales aphile ngokudla ama-plankton.

ukusabalala kwazo

Zitholakala kiwo woke amalwandle womhlaba zombelele.

Imihlobazo ejayelekileko

Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern right whale
Eubalaena australis
Killer whale
Orcinus orca