Whale Glossary
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| TOOTHED WHALES | POD SIZE | COMMENTS |
| Beluga whale | 2-25 | A pod will hunt and migrate as a group. |
| Bottlenose dolphin | 12 | Often, many pods group together to form congregations of hundreds of dolphins. |
| Irrawaddy dolphin | 6-15 | |
| Narwhal | 4-20 | Many pods may travel and feed together. They may group with belugas. |
| Orca or Killer whale | 6-40 | The members of a pod hunt together in a very sophisticated manner, attacking even very large prey and then sharing it. |
| Sperm whale | 10-20 | Pods are usually females with their young. |
| BALEEN WHALES | POD SIZE | COMMENTS |
| Blue whale | 1-2 | These are solitary animals. |
| Bowhead whale | 3-50 | Not extremely social, they congregate in small pods of about 3 whales in the spring and pods of about 50 whales in the fall. |
| Bryde's whale | 1-2 | Loose groups of 10-23 may form during feeding. |
| Fin whale | 6-10 | More gregarious than other baleen whales. |
| Gray whale | 1-3 | Up to 16 may travel together. |
| Humpback whale | 10+ | Large, loose, temporary groups. Bubble-net feeding is a group hunting activity. |
| Minke whale | 2-3 | Larger groups may form on feeding grounds. |
| Right whale | Long-term bonds only between mother and calf. | |
| Sei whales | 3-5 | Pods segregated by sex, age, and reproductive status. |
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