Whale

A whale (cetacean) is a massive mammal that lives in the ocean. It relies on fresh air just like other mammals, and unlike fish. The whale is warm-blooded like animals, and unlike fish. But whales have many extraordinary features that are not like other mammals, including:

• they decide when to breathe, rather than breathing unconsciously

• they sleep 8 hours a day, yet need to be conscious to breathe

• they can communicate with each other by making remarkably loud noises

• these extraordinary noises can travel for miles under water

• the females nurse their calves while swimming underwater

• the nursing calves are somehow able to avoid taking in saltwater while nursing

• the males have a unique cooling system for their internal reproductive organs

• some have two blow-holes, but others only have one

• the blow-holes pass air above water, yet resist intense pressure underwater

• they have massive brains, much larger than the brains of other mammals

The Public Broadcasting Service, known for airing pro-evolution shows, admitted, "The evolution of whales has been a mystery." This is largely inconclusive however as we do not understand much about whales, especially the giants of the ocean Blue Whales for which scientists have not yet discovered where they travel to breed.

One prominent story about a whale is that of Jonas:

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. - Matthew 12:40.