Whales

 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/narwhal-adopted-by-pod-of-belugas-in-canada-could-produce-narluga/

What do you see in the picture? What are the animals, what do you notice about them?

The photo below shows two different types of whale. On the left is a beluga whale and on the right is a narwhal which has a long tooth. Both whales live in the Arctic waters although Beluga whales live further south around the waters of North America.

  


Both whales usually travel in small groups, staying together and separate from other whale species.

But scientists have spotted something unusual in the picture above- a young narwhal travelling with a pod of beluga whales (a group of whales is called a pod). The young narwhal is traveling, eating and living with the beluga whales. Drone footage is bring used to track the pod of whales and scientists note that the narwhal is well fed which means he must have been adopted in to the pod.

Robert Michaud is a scientist and he says about the narwhal, "He's one of the crew, he is one of the buddies in there."

Scientists are not clear if the narwhal thinks he is a narwhal or a thinks he is a beluga. Robert says no one knows and that is a "fascinating question."

You can see a short clip of the whales together in the link above.

- what is a whale?
- what is the main difference between a beluga whale and a narwhal?
- Why do you think the whales are usually friends with only their own kind of whale?
- Now a narwhal has been adopted by a pod of beluga's - how do you think that happened ?
- why do you think the belugas adopted the narwhal?
- do you think the narwhal thinks he is a beluga?
- does it matter?
- Do all families look the same? How are families different?
- Do friends have to look the same? How do your friends look different to you?
- What can we learn from these whales?
- why is this about No Outsiders?
- Which British value is this about?


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