sexta-feira, 8 de agosto de 2008

Baleia Piloto

Açores-Ilha Terceira
Globicephala macrorynchus
Size:
Maximum length: 5.5 m for females and 6.1 m for males; Calves: 1.4 mMaximum weight: 3.6 tonnes
Features:
robust thick bulbous head short sickle-shaped flippers large broad-based, falcate dorsal fin rounded at the top 7-9 conical teeth on each side of upper and lower jaws colour: black, except for a light anchor-shaped patch on the chest extending to the anus; sometimes a grey saddle is located behind the dorsal fin
Fonte:http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/mammals/whales/accounts/shortfin.htm

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