How Do Baleen Whales Eat, wait...what the heck is a Baleen Whale? Yep it is time for Kadence's first Science Fair. It brought back lots of memories for me and Charlie including all of the cool ones we remembered, as well as the ones we did in our school days.
Charlie decided to take the task on to help Kadee. He told her about one he did as a kid and she immediately fell in love with the idea! They did the research together and really put together a pretty cool experiment!
Apparently some whales (Baleen Whale, i.e. Humpback Whales) don't have teeth, instead they have Baleen. So the experiment was to determine which more resembled a whale's baleen, a comb or a brush. We each took turns dragging a comb and a brush through a tub of water filled with pepper. The pepper was meant to resemble the krill (shrimp-like creatures) the whales eat. Kadee documented all of our results and laid out her research and findings.
She was so proud of her project and she really did a great job! She had read the research they dug up on it over and over and could tell you more details than you could ever imagine about Baleen Whales! I was so proud of her and Daddy for helping out.
