1.   As an added precaution against the bends, some whales have very large windpipes.

2.   Both bear the message Japan -- please let the whales have a future too!

3.   A smart fellow with seniority and political skills could get significant things done without a lot of public fuss while having a whale of a good time.

4.   A. In some whale species, a third whale may have a role in courtship, but it is now thought to involve competition, not assistance.

5.   If whales had opposable thumbs, would they rule the world?

6.   On average, he found adult whales had blubber thicknesses of nine and a half inches, while the blubber of calves was about half as thick.

7.   That damn whale had to go.

8.   The black whale has a bright red mouth and floats on a piece of wood painted white, with blue ripples.

9.   The whale also has distinctive gray, white and black markings on her body and tail flukes.

10.   The whale had cuts on its nose and mouth and its belly was red and bloody from grinding against the sand.