Safari Ltd Humpback Whale

• These 40-ton mammals swim the oceans worldwide, migrating between cold northern waters and the warmer temperate zones, always seeking tiny krill to eat. And eat they must, to maintain their nearly 60-foot average length and energetic leaps from the water.
• Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae
• Characteristics: This impressively realistic Humpback Whale figure strikes a posture that accentuates its unique features, including the large tail, spotted coloration, and prominent dorsal hump.
• Size and Color: Black and white are the dominant colors of this 7-inch-long figure, along with blue eyes and a mottled texture. It’s about the length of a plastic soda bottle.
• The Humpback Whale is part of the Wild Safari® Sea Life collection.
• All of our products are Non-toxic and BPA free.

History

You’ve probably heard that whales share a common ancestor with hippos or that whales evolved from land mammals in the distant past. But what about their more recent natural history? How did Earth’s oceans end up with the 84 different species of whales we have today, with species as varied as the Humpback Whale and the Pilot Whale? The ancestor of all modern whales appeared in the oceans about 35 million years ago, and just 10 million years later, all the whale forms we know today had differentiated, an explosive rate of adaptation and change. Molecular studies and computer models have been used to explore just how 1 species turned into hundreds, and it turns out Whales simply filled every ecological niche available, evolving into small, medium, and large sizes, some with baleen, some with teeth, all still maintaining distinctly mammalian characteristics like live births and breathing air.

• Recommended Age: 3
• Size in cm: 17.5 L x 9.5 W x 4.5 H
• Size in inches: 6.89 L x 3.74 W x 1.77 H
• UPC: 095866202002