Question

write some adaptions in whales.
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Answer 1

Whales are an amazing species that have evolved from land dwelling creatures millions of years ago (through ancestral blood lines) to the marine mammals we know today.

Over the course of their evolution whales have made many adaptations towards their oceanic lifestyle so that they could survive and thrive in the underwater world.

To help them adapt to the ocean whales developed echolocation, thick layers of blubber, modified lungs, better hearing and larger arteries among other things to ensure their survival and prosperity.

BLUBBER
Blubber plays an extremely important role in a whales life.

Having blubber allows whales to maintain their body heat and survive in extremely cold environments that would otherwise be uninhabitable to them.

Some whales can also use their blubber for energy during times when food is scarce or during long trips.

In fact during migration periods the blue whale will go without food for up to four months while they migrate and live primarily off of the body fat and calories that are stored within its blubber.

ECHOLOCATION
In addition to having ears toothed whales also use a method known as echolocation to help them navigate the ocean, find food and avoid potential threats.

By using echolocation toothed whales can determine many factors about their environment such as how far an object is, how fast it is moving, whether it is above or below them, what direction it is traveling in, how large it is and whether it is a hollow or solid object.

Echolocation is extremely useful in areas where visibility is low and helps whales avoid colliding with other objects when they are unable to see what is around them.

LUNGS
In order to survive in the ocean whales have had to adapt their lungs so that they could breathe easily and hold their breath for extended amounts of time when submerged underwater.

While whales aren’t born with massively large lungs they are able to exchange as much as 90% of the oxygen they inhale as compared to humans who only exchange 10 %- 15%.

Larger red blood cells allow whales to transfer oxygen more effectively than humans and other land mammals, and when submerged underwater their diving reflex allows them to distribute oxygen and blood to vital organs while restricting it in other non-essential areas.

In addition to all of this whales are able to fill their lungs with oxygen in just 2 seconds.

CONSCIOUS BREATHING
Because whales are mammals they breathe oxygen and because they breathe oxygen they must come to the surface of the water to breathe.

Due to this fact whales are never able to fall completely asleep because if they did there is a good chance they would drown.

To combat this problem when a whale needs rest it goes into a semi conscious state and half of its brain shuts down, but the other half of the brain remains conscious allowing the whale to quickly come up for oxygen and inhale when it needs to.

Answer 2

blue whale have thick layered of bubble which stop water in contact of their skin and this layer provide heat to maintain the temeperature and adapt themselve in water


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