Whales by Seymour Simon

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Across
  1. 5. a method of bottom feeding
  2. 6. the International Whaling ________was setup to make rules to limit whaling
  3. 8. whales are part of this type of animal
  4. 10. this type of whale works in pairs to round up and eat schools of fish
  5. 11. another name for killer whale
  6. 12. This part of a blue whale is larger than an elephant
  7. 15. This type of whale feeds mostly on fish and squid
  8. 17. the amount of times a mother squirts milk into the babies mouth
  9. 18. A baby drinks 100 _______ of milk every day
  10. 19. used to keep a whale's body steady and are used for steering
  11. 21. A baby calf nurses for ________ months
  12. 24. this whale is bigger than the largest dinosaur that ever lived
  13. 25. whales that do not have teeth
  14. 26. small shrimplike animals the size of your little finger
  15. 27. this whale is the largest member of the dolphin family
Down
  1. 1. humpback whales often feed together in a circle of ________
  2. 2. another name for a baby whale
  3. 3. the narwhal gets this nickname because it has one tusk
  4. 4. A whale's nostril
  5. 5. what type of whale has the longest known yearly migration
  6. 6. a pattern of strange bumps along its head
  7. 7. The number of kinds of whales in the world
  8. 9. this type of whale is the smallest rorqual
  9. 13. A name given to female whales
  10. 14. Only ______humback whales sing
  11. 16. Longer than a bus and heavier than a trailer truck
  12. 19. attached to the tail, no bones moves by powerful muscles
  13. 20. act as filters for baleen whales
  14. 22. a leopard spotted whale about 15 feet long
  15. 23. a thick layer of tissue beneath the skin helps insulate