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Some species of whales are among the longest lived mammals. Scientists estimate bowhead whales (a baleen whale found in the Arctic) can live for more than 200 years, and killer whales (a toothed whale found in various habitats worldwide) can live for more than 100 years. ( weɪl) n, pl whales or whale. (Animals) any of the larger cetacean mammals, excluding dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals. They have flippers, a streamlined body, and a horizontally flattened tail and breathe through a blowhole on the top of the head. (Animals) any cetacean mammal. The Blue Whale is louder than a jet plane which reaches 140 decibels. The loudest a human can shout is about 70 decibels. Sounds that reach 120 – 130 decibels are quite painful to human ears! The fastest swimming whale is the Killer Whale or Orcas.

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Emoji Meaning

A whale, the massive marine mammal. Generally depicted as a light-blue whale in full profile facing left, with its tail curving down towards is huge mouth. Shown with a white, textured underside, as a humpback or blue whale.

Not to be confused with the more cartoon-styled 🐳 Spouting Whale, though their applications may overlap.

Apple and Microsoft’s whales have slightly open mouths, revealing baleen.

Whale was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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  • :whale2:(Github, Slack)
  • :whale:(Emojipedia)
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Whale Shark

See also

Whaler

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Proposals

  • 🐋 Whale Emoji Proposal:L2/09-153

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