Portal:Cetaceans/Did you know/March, 2007

...the songs of whales were sent into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft to represent sounds from Planet Earth.
...the Beluga whale is also known as the Sea Canary on account of its high-pitched squeaks, squeals, and whistles.
...Orcas are versatile predators with many populations actively hunting down whales such as the Grey Whale.
...the Sperm Whale, at 18 metres long, is the largest toothed animal to have ever lived.
...in spite of their enormous mass, baleen whales are capable of leaping completely out of the water, particularly the Humpback Whale.