A few weeks later, we had the Pacific Whale Foundation come to our school to tell us more about whales. Baby whales drink between 100 and 120 gallons of milk a day. In former whale watches we have learned many interesting things about whales. Whales have been sighted within one mile off the shores of Maui. Humpback whales are very amusing and very playful.
Whales are enormous in size and weight.
An average Humpback whale can grow 40 to 50 feet long and can weigh 25 to 40 tons. Humpback whales are baleen whales, which means they have baleen hanging off their upper jaws instead of teeth. Baleen is made out of the same substance as our fingernails, and they use the baleen to filter their food. Baleen whales feed on krill and small fish by first taking in a lot of water, then filtering it with their baleen and eating whatever is left in their mouth. Whales come here to the Hawaiian Islands all the way from Alaska.