Food
Life Spans
Relatives
General
100
About what percentage of their body weight does a seal eat every day?
1%
5%
10%
50%
5%
(That's kind of like a kindergartener eating 8 hamburgers every day!)
100
How many years will a seal live for?
3-5
10-12
25-30
40-50
25-30
100
What common household animal is closely related to the Antarctic Fur Seal?
Dogs!
100
What part of a whale weighs the same as an elephant?
Its tongue!
200
How much krill can a Blue Whale eat in a single day?
3
100,000
4 million
40 million
40 million!
200
How long do Blue Whales live?
30 years
70 years
87 years
110 years
Up to 110 years!
200
Who is more closely related to dolphins?
The blue whale!
200
How fast can a Blue Whale swim?
10mph
30mph
45mph
100mph
up to 30mph!
300
Which type of seal is the only known to eat other seals and pups?
Leopard Seals
300
Who lives longer: blue whales or tortoises?
Tortoises just barely! They live 80-150 years!
300
What other animal are seals related to? Penguins, Bears, Giraffes, or Tigers?
Bears!
300
What is the deepest a blue whale has been recorded to dive?
100ft
500ft
1,000ft
5,000ft
1,033 ft! That's like holding your breath and swimming as deep as the Empire State Building is tall!
400
What is the only known predator of Blue Whales?
Killer Whales/ Orcas
400
Who lives longer: parrots or seals?
Parrots! They live 40-50 years
400
How many species of whale are there? 1-100
90! 76 toothed whales (think orcas and belugas) and 14 baleen whales (like blue whales and humpback whales)!
400
What is a group of seals called?
a pod
a gang
a troupe
a bob
A bob!
500
What technique do blue whales use to eat?
lunge feeding
filter feeding
sneak attack
opportunistic feeding
Blue whales capture krill through lunge feeding; they swim towards them at high speeds as they open their mouths up to 80°. They may engulf 220 metric tons of water at one time!
500
How old did the oldest recorded seal live to be?
50! A gray seal named Sheba is the oldest recorded seal in the world!
500
How many species of seals are there in the world? It is a number 1-100.
Bonus Points for knowing how many are Arctic species.
35 in the world!
6 are arctic!
500
What animal is making this sound??
A Weddell Seal!