Whale-y Good Trivia

Blue whales emit sounds that other whales can hear up to 1,000 miles away.

Scientists can't agree on the lifespan of the bowhead whale. Most die between 60 and 90 but in 2007 a dead bowhead was found with a weapon fragment dating back to 1879 embedded within it, suggesting it had survived a whaling attack some 100 years earlier.

Researchers have found that female humpback whales have best friends they reunite with each year to float together, eat together and enjoy each other's company.

Sperm whales sleep with their bodies completely vertical to the surface of the water.

In 2011 sperm whales adopted a deformed dolphin who'd been rejected by their pod.