Bryde's whale

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/brydes-whale

1. What is the dietary habits?
2. What is a Bryde's whale and where does it live?
3. Why are scientists still trying to figure out how many species of Bryde's whales there are?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the dietary habits?Primarily feed on small schooling fish and krill, employing a lunge-feeding strategy
2. What is a Bryde's whale and where does it live?A Bryde's whale is a large rorqual whale that swims in warm temperate and tropical oceans all around the world.
3. Why are scientists still trying to figure out how many species of Bryde's whales there are?Because the whales look very similar and scientists don't yet have enough clear genetic or physical evidence to tell them apart.

Taxonomy: The scientific classification of organisms into hierarchical groups based on shared characteristics.
Rostrum: The snout or projecting part of the head of a whale or other animal.
Anthropogenic: Originating in human activity.