| Beluga Whales Original acrylic on museum board 9 x 15 unframed |
| Beluga Whales are part of the Dolphin family or tooth whales. They are called the canary whales as they make chirps and squeaks in a kind of chatter. They are a social whale and sometimes travel in groups of several hundred. They are native to the arctic and their favorite foods are \salmon and crabs. They travel to shallow gravel beds to get rid of their skin which has parasites by rolling in the gravel. Sometimes they get stranded and grizzly and polar bears love to feast on them. |
| Finback whales Original acrylic on museum board 9 x 15 unframed |
| Finback whales are the second largest whale in the world growing to some 80 feet or more in length and weighing over 150 tons. They are a plankton feeder and dive deep during the day to feast on small krill. Sometimes they dive to depths over 1000 feet and have a cruising speed of 25 to 30 MPH. Finbacks are very streamlined making their attacks at high speed very easy. |