Whale t shirts are the "largest" t shirts on earth, and are fascinating to people all around the world.  For this reason, you or someone you love will likely adore a whale tee shirt, to share that excitement and glee that you feel upon sighting this astounding creature. 

However, if you are picking out whale t shirts for someone else, you should be aware that there are many different things about whales that are depicted on whale t shirts, and you’ll want to find the perfect one for that person.  Here is a great deal of information about whales that will help you choose the most beautiful and breathtaking whale shirts for the marine biologists you know.

There are approximately 83 different kinds of whales, and almost each one of them has appeared on a whale t shirt at some time or another.  Each and every one of these types has a blowhole (through which they breathe air), two pectoral flippers, and two horizontal tail flukes. 

By saying that the whales as depicted on whale shirts are mammals, this means that they are warm blooded, they have hair (at a point in their development, but usually not in the adult stage), they are born live (not in an egg) and they breathe air. 

Many whales travel in groups, called pods, which consist of others of the same species, while others travel alone.  A pod of whales makes a beautiful scene for whale t shirts if that is what interests the recipient. 

The largest whale is the blue whale.  Though it would be much smaller on a whale t shirt, it can reach up to 90 feet in length, in real life. 

Whales are divided into two different types, depending on what they eat.  When choosing the image for whale t shirts, you’ll need to know if you want an images of a toothed whale, or a baleen whale.  Some whales will eat plankton (baleen whales) while others eat squid, crabs, shrimp, sharks, seals, sea lions, penguins, and sometimes even whales, porpoises and dolphins!

Whales can be found all across the globe.  Whale t shirts with arctic scenes will include the beluga, narwhal, and bowhead.  Antarctic whale t shirts will have blue whales and Arnoux whales. 

Though many people are mislead by the name and believe that the killer whale, or Orca, is a whale, it is actually a dolphin, so if you are buying a whale t shirt for a real fanatic, you’ll want to keep that in mind.

Whales, especially baleen whales, have been hunted since the dawn of mankind for their blubber, meat and bones, which have many uses, but more recently, these whales have been hunted almost to extinction for the blubber only.  Many programs have been founded in order to rescue many species of whale from possible termination.  Wearing a whale t shirt can be your way of saying that you love and respect the whale, and you want it to continue for ages to come.

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