White Whale; Narwhal 



high in the male), flippers short and rounded. Colours black 

 above and white below in strong contrast; the white extends 

 upward on the sides in two stripes and there is a white 

 spot above each eye and a purplish area behind the back 

 fin. Teeth 10 to 13 in each jaw, large and sharp. 

 Range. Oceans, generally distributed. 



The other members of the dolphin family are easy going, 

 rather timid animals subsisting on fish and smaller marine animals, 

 but in the killer we find all the fierce predatory characteristics 

 of our carnivorous land animals or the sharks among the fishes. 

 They kill and devour the blackfish and larger whales as well as 

 seals and large fishes. Captain Scammon says: "The attack of 

 these wolves of the ocean upon their gigantic prey may be 

 likened to a pack of hounds holding the stricken deer at bay. 

 They cluster about the animal's head, some of their number 

 leaping over it, while others seize it by the lips and haul the 

 bleeding monster under the water and, when captured, should 

 the mouth be open they eat out the tongue." 



White Whale 



Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas) 



Length. \ \ feet. 



Description. Head rounded, neck slightly narrowed, flippers small 



and rounded, no fin on the back. Colour entirely white. 



Teeth 9 in each jaw. 

 Range. Arctic seas, straying southward rarely as far as Cape Cod. 



The white whale is one of the characteristic animals of the 

 frozen north and though forced a little southward by the ice of 

 winter it rarely reaches the boundary of the United States. In 

 early summer when the ice breaks up and the herring and 

 other fishes throng the bays to spawn, the white whales pursue 

 them and large numbers of the cetaceans are frequently stranded 

 in shallow water where the Eskimos kill them with ease. 



Narwhal 



Monodon monoceras Linnaeus 



Length. 12 feet. 



Description. Head short and rounded, flippers short and broad* 



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