World marks Cetacean Day on Wednesday

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Countries all over the world will mark Cetacean Day on Wednesday.
    The order cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. It is derived from the Latin word cetus, meaning whale.

    Cetacea are one of the most distinctive and highly specialised orders of mammal. They have a fusiform body, making it easier for them to be fast swimmers. Through evolution their front limbs transformed into flippers and their hind limbs do not attach to the backbone and are hidden within the body.

    Unlike fish cetaceans have horizontal tails known as flukes. To keep their temperature constant, their body is insulated with a thick layer of fat called blubber.

    There are around 86 species of cetacea, 21 of them found in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.


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    Matt Rogers, Apr 12, 2010
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  2. bwalker9801

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    I asking for that day off at work! :)
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

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    hahah :lol: Good luck with that. :)
     
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  4. horkn

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    Ooops, I thought you wrote "crustacean" day.

    My apologies to the 10 shrimp I ate today.
     
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  5. blackraven1425

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    No need to apologize anymore ;D
     
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