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Whale Tail Pendants
Whale Tail Pendants
Product #:
8011
Brand:
Ray Caruso
Description:
These beautiful whale flukes are carved from fossilized Woolly Mammoth ivory and come on a black cord adjustable necklace. Each one is unique and has its own character. They are approximately 1" X 2". You will cherish your own whale fluke as a favorite piece of jewelry.
A whale's tail is called its
flukes
. The flukes are used in swimming.
Flukes are also used in lobtailing, an activity in which some whales stick their tail out of the water into the air, swing it around, and then slap it on the water's surface. This slapping motion makes a very loud sound. The meaning or purpose of lobtailing is unknown, but may be done as a warning to the rest of the pod of danger, another form of communication, or to loosen parasites on the skin of the tail. Humpback whales lobtail more when the seas are rough and stormy and their songs are difficult to hear.
A whale's tail is composed of two lobes, each of which is called a fluke. There is a notch, a v-shaped indentation where the flukes (or lobes) of a whale's tail meet.
Flukes move up and down to propel the whale through the water. (This is unlike fish tails which move left and right.)
Flukes have no bones in them. They are made of muscles and dense fibrous tissue.
The arteries that supply the flukes with blood are surrounded by veins to maintain the whale's temperature.
The blue whale's flukes are the largest and are 25 feet (7.6 m) wide.
Price:
$250.00
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Price:
$250.00
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