There are various proposed translations for the 'tetragrammaton', the four letter name 'YHWH' used as a name for God. The origin or meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain, bâ¦ut one popular meaning is 'I am that I am'. Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time.
View full size image. The worldâs largest whale is also the largest animal on the planet â the blue whale. At 98 feet in length and 180 metric tons, the blue whale tops even dinosaurs to be the largest animal ever. They filter krill through their baleen, and need 4-8 tons of the tiny plankton per day to survive. Each whaleâs jaws contains about 320 pairs of black baleen plates with dark gray bristles. A blue whale tongue alone can weigh as much as an elephant. The animals live to be 80-90 years old and live all around the worldâs oceans, spending summers in cold polar waters and winters closer to the Equator.
The discovery of 44 groups of Omura's whales off the coast of Madagascar offers hope for the little-known species. The discovery of 44 groups of Omura's whales off the coast of Madagascar offers hope for the little-known species. November 3, 2015. A whale species that marine conservationists feared was extinct is living off the coast of Madagascar, say scientists. For many years, Omura's whales, named for Japanese whale expert Hideo Omura, were misidentified as Brydeâs whales, another small baleen whale, until genetic testing in 2003 revealed that Omuraâs are a distinct species.