They might not wake up in time to take a breath! Marine biologists have determined that whales get around this problem by letting only one-half of the brain sleep at a time. In this way, the whale is never completely unconscious, but it still gets all the rest it needs. We can't ...
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We do not yet know how large a whale shark's egg is. This is because whale sharks give birth to live young, measuring the eggs before they hatch...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
Evolution is fascinating because it attempts to answer one of the most basic human questions: Where did life, and human beings, come from? The theory of evolution proposes that life and humans arose through a natural process. A very large number of people do not believe this, which is somet...
The ability to sleep with half of the brain is known as unihemispheric slow-wave sleep. In this form of sleep, the animal sleeps with half of the brain and keeps the other half conscious. During unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, the whale also closes the eye on the side opposite the side...
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The world has changed and being intelligent isn't normally equal to being a successful person. Look at the example of the blue whale:It has a huge brain,but it still doesn't know how to avoid whalers or use its large size and weight to deal with those who try to use their body for...
The area around the blowhole is also particularly sensitive and captive animals often object strongly to being touched there. The sense of vision is developed to different degrees in different species. Baleen species studied at close quarters underwater – specifically a grey whale calf in captivity...
In terms of sheer size, sperm whales and elephants take the top spots for weight at 18 and 11 pounds, respectively.1But since even small elephants weigh 6,000 pounds or more, their brains are just 0.2% of their body weight. For the sperm whale, the brain is only about 0.06% of body...