Subject: Re: weight of whale's tongue
Greg Early (gearly@neaq.org)
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 12:03:39 -0500
Ms. Logan,
You are right. The tongue of toothed whales is much smaller than the
tongue of the baleen whales. I do not have exact numbers here, but we are
talking on the order of pounds for the dolphins (maybe up to a hundred or
so pounds for the really big toothed whale, the sperm whale) as opposed to
a ton or so for a really big baleen whale (like a blue whale).
ge
At 08:19 PM 11/02/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Greg,
>I am a second grade teacher and my students want to know the weight of a
>whale's tongue. My guess is it varies with the species but if you could
>give some idea, I could pass it on to my kids.
>Thanks,
>Linda Logan
>glinlog@pacific.net
>
Greg Early
Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
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Boston, Mass 02110
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