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Riley goes whale watching

Join Riley and Steve as they hunt for whales, encounter dolphins, and learn what we are doing to protect the whales in our own Hauraki Gulf.
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Harbour

 

A place on the coast where ships can safely anchor because it is protected from rough water, wind, and sea currents.

Plankton

 

Tiny living things (organisms) that drift and float in water. Plankton can be plants, animals, or other types of organism. They are an important source of food for large sea animals such as fish and whales.

Bryde’s whale

 

A large, slender baleen whale that lives in the warm seas of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. It is dark grey above and white below and has three ridges that run from the snout to the blowholes.

Pilchard

 

A small silver fish which comes from the herring family.

Baleen

 

A filtering system that baleen whales have inside their mouths. When the whale opens its mouth in the ocean it takes in water. The whale then pushes the water through the baleen causing ocean animals such as krill and plankton to get stuck in the baleen so they can be eaten by the whale.

Keratin

 

A strong, natural protein. Keratin is the main substance that forms hair, nails, horns, hoofs, and some animal shells (for example, the shell of the green turtle).

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