hi my name is Cayla and for school I need some informeattion about Beluga
whales
thank you Cayla (write back)
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Man, oh man, Cayla, I was about blinded when I got your wildly formatted
message. Thankfully yesterday was the day I went to the eye dr and not
today, when I got the message. :-0
Well, since this is a school project, I'm sure your teacher wanted you to
learn HOW TO LOOK FOR information, and not have me give you all the answers.
Plus, there are many, many papers and books about belugas. So, with that in
mind, I'm going to send you back to the WhaleNet archives to see what you
can find there. I know that questions about belugas have been asked before
on WhaleNet. WhaleNet also has links to information pages on belugas. I am
working right now on a project where I'm collecting information on belugas,
and I can tell you that there is quite a lot of information on the Internet
(just 'google' either 'beluga', or even 'white whale'). Last, but certainly
not least, everyone seems to forget about using their public or school
library. I wonder why that is...laziness I presume. They are wonderful
sources of information...particularly encyclopedias. As an additional
suggestion, it's a good idea not to write to a scientist with just that
general question asking about a particular type of whale. If you think about
what type of information you're interested in, look in the library and on
WhaleNet, and *still* aren't able to find anything, then ask as detailed a
question as you can. For example, don't just say "tell me everything you
know about belugas" or we would all be here for the next day or so reading
the answers. It's better to ask something more detailed like "how deep can
belugas dive" or "why are belugas sometimes called 'canaries of the
sea'"...that kind of stuff.
Good luck with the project,
Dagmar Fertl
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