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Activity 1: Make your own whale!
We can tell humpback whales
apart by the patterns on the underside of their tail. Humpback tails are
like our fingerprints - they're different for every whale. Each whale had
a pattern on it's tail which is all white, all black, or somewhere in
between. Here are some examples:
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| "Marble" |
"Seal" |
"Trident" |
"Satula" |
"Fan" |
(Click on each picture above to see a bigger one).
Scientists give each whale a name to make it
easier to remember them. The name usually describes a marking on the
whale's tail, or fluke. "Marble"
was named because of a round circle on his tail that looks like a marble.
"Fan" was named because of a fan-shaped mark on its tail.
Here's your chance to name your own whale!
Here is a whale with an empty tail. Click here to
print out this picture and use it to make your own
whale! Draw markings on the whale's tail and
then name your whale!
You can e-mail us or mail us your picture and tell us about
your whale!
E-mail to info@blueoceansociety.org
Mail to: Blue Ocean, 143 Pleasant Street,
Portsmouth, NH 03801
If you send us your picture with your mailing
address, we'll send you a Blue Ocean sticker!
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