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Have you ever wanted to ride on a dolphin? Well how about a WHALE! I'm going to tell you about the bowhead whales.

Did you know that bowhead whale's skin is dark black or gray but the belly is lighter? Or that their eyes are near their mouth?

What I think is cool about bowhead whales is their blow hole shoots out water 19 to 20 ft. tall, and that the blubber has oil, and the oil is used to make fire. What keeps them warm is the blubber and it is 16 to 20 inces thick.

So now that I have told you about the oil and the blubber I'll tell you about the bones. Eskimos used the big bones for construction, and the rest of the whale for stuff like food, and fuel. The Eskimos have hunted whales for 100's of years. They most preferred young females for meat.