Whaul
(Reguidit frae Whale)
The Whaul is an ocean mammal o the order Cetacea that's naither dowphin nor dunter . Thay include the blae whaul, the mucklest ainimal iver tae hae leeved. For centuries, whauls haes been huntit for flesh an as a soorce o vailuable raw stuff. Bi the middle o the 20t century, muckle-scale industrial whaulin haed left mony populations gey depletit, renderin certain speshies fair endangert.
- Cawin whaul or pat-heid (Globicephala melas)
- Herrin-hog or spoot whaul (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Chaffer (Physeter catodon)
- Pikit whaul or finner (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Slicht-back (Eubalaena glacialis)
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