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Create Your Own Paper Whale 



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Marin 



Coastal Adventures for Curious Minds 



Marine mammals are part 

 of North Carolina's diverse 

 coastal and oceanic ecosys- 

 tems. Offshore are sperm, fin. 

 humpback and rare right 

 whales. Xearshore are 

 dolphins of several species 

 and pilot whales. 



Occasionally, a harbor seal 

 will stray to the northern Outer 

 Banks. And once in a blue 

 moon, a Florida manatee will 

 wander past the Cape Fear 



River through the waterways. 



With just a piece of paper, 

 a felt marker and a pair of 

 scissors, you can create a 

 marine mammal of your own 

 to admire. How about a whale? 1 



Origami Whale 



Using the figures below 

 as a guideline, complete the 

 following steps. 

 1 . Fold a square piece of 

 paper along BE and BF so that 



edges BA and BC meet at 

 center line BD (Figs. 1 & 2). 



2. Fold along CD and HD 

 (Fig. 2) so that ED and FD 

 meet at center line BD (Fig. 3). 



3. Pull out corners A and C so 

 that they meet at center line 

 BD (Fig. 4). 



4. Fold back along MN and 

 OP so that G and H meet at 

 center line on the other side 

 (Fig. 5). 



5. Fold in half along BD to 



make the body (Fig. 6). 



6. To make the fins, fold at 

 QR. bringing corner C 

 downward and away from the 

 body (Fig. 6). Do the same for 

 the other side. 



7. To make the tail, fold back 

 along ST (Fig. 6). Make a slit at 

 IT) and open Dl and D2 at 

 VU (Fig. 7). 



8. Cut off point B at XT (Fig. 

 6) and draw the mouth and 

 eyes (Fig. 8). 



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