Whale and Dolphin Crossword

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Across: 1. The cloud of exhaled moisture-laden air, also called its blow (5) 2. Toothed white whale. One of the most vocal cetaceans so is also called the sea canary (6) 3. The collective term to describe whales, dolphins and porpoises (8) 4. The largest of the river dolphins. Also known as the Amazon River dolphin or pink dolphin (4) 5. Nostril(s) on the top of the head (8) 6. An adult male whale is known as a bull. This is the term to describe a female adult whale (3) 7. Small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form the major food of many of the larger whales (5) 8. The insulating layer of fat beneath the skin of most marine mammals (7)

9. ____-hopping. When a cetacean raises its head above the water’s surface to look around (3) 10. The bulbous forehead of many toothed whales, dolphins and porpoises. Also a type of fruit! (5) 11. A body part which is used by the animal to steer, balance or swim. Also the name of the 2nd largest whale species (3) 12. The deliberate hunting and killing of whales (7) Down: 1. A coordinated group of cetaceans (3) 2. _____ whale – the largest creature to ever have lived (4). 3. Holding cetaceans (and other animals) in zoos/aquariums/sea pens etc so that they are not free (9) 4. The forward projecting jaws of a dolphin, also known as a snout or the mouth of a bird (4) 5. A cetacean’s tail fins (6) 6. The system used by many cetaceans to orientate, navigate and find food by sending out sounds and interpreting the returning echoes. (12) 7. The largest of the dolphin species – also called a killer whale (4) 8. Comb-like plates hanging from the upper jaw of many large whales, used to strain small prey from sea water (6) 9. _____ fin – the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans (6) 10. Paddle-shaped front limb of a whale or dolphin, sometimes also called a pectoral fin (7) 11. the act of leaping out of the water and landing back with a splash (9) 12. The class of animals that whales, dolphins and humans belong to. ______ give birth to live young, suckle their young and are warm-blooded (7)

Answers: Across: 1. spout, 2. beluga, 3. cetaceans, 4. Boto, 5. blowhole, 6. cow, 7. krill, 8. blubber, 9. spy, 10. melon, 11. fin, 12. whaling Down: 1. pod, 2. blue, 3. captivity, 4. beak, 5. flukes, 6. echolocation, 7. orca, 8. baleen, 9. dorsal, 10. flipper, 11. breaching, 12. mammals