2006-10-08 00:59:39 · 10 answers · asked by fatimahapal 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
For the first few months the baby whale suckles from the mother, then she kills pray for it and then teaches it to hunt.
2006-10-08 01:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lucianna 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whales are mammals, which means, by definition, that babies are breast fed. They learn from the pod, and their mothers and siblings, which food to eat and how to get it/eat it.
most whales do not "kill prey". In fact, most whales eat very small sea creatures from plankton, to krill to small fish. "killer whales" or orca, are not whales but a type of dolphin, and they are the wolves of the sea.
2006-10-08 01:10:35 · answer #2 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their milk is about the richest of any mammal - around 70% fat as I remember - so the babies grow fast - they need to build a lot of blubber in a little time. Then they start eating what the parents eat - fish, plankton, depending on the species.
2006-10-08 04:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Sage Bluestorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have milk for them, and when they're old enough to wean, they teach them to eat little fishes. :) The animal planet channel had a show on them a couple of months ago that was extremely interesting. :)
2006-10-08 03:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by Levin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they mother whale kills the prey7 and gives it to the baby
2006-10-08 01:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by tony 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they suckle until a certain age then when they're old enough they feed themselves
2006-10-08 18:26:15 · answer #6 · answered by pcdo_universe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, being mammals, it's milk, just like all mammals!
2006-10-08 16:52:45 · answer #7 · answered by sacculina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're mammals... hence they have mammary glands as in boobs full of milk. ...sorry... couldn't think of how else to put it.
2006-10-08 09:03:24 · answer #8 · answered by wreck_beach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're mammals, they got t i ts...
2006-10-08 01:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
with milk
2006-10-08 11:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by tomcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋