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	Blubber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized fat found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians.
		Blubber serves several different functions, it is the primary area of fat on marine mammals, and essential for storing energy.
		Blubber is, however, biochemically different from other forms of adipose tissue, which allows it to serve as an efficient thermal insulator, making it an essential for thermoregulation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blubber (284 words)

	Fat@phocoena.org: Harbour Porpoises and Blubber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Blubber, defined as the adipose layer in the hypodermis, plays many important roles: it insulates the body, serves as a depot for stored energy, sculpts the external surface of the body into a hydrodynamic shape, adjusts buoyancy, and aids in locomotion.
		Comparison of the blubber thickness distribution of robust porpoises killed randomly in commercial fishing operations with a sample of animals that died of terminal starvation and washed up on beaches provides an opportunity to determine how blubber might be used as an energy source in an extreme situation.
		Harbour porpoise blubber is not a homogeneous tissue: there is a significant difference in the fatty acid composition between the inner (next to the muscle) and outer (adjacent to the skin) blubber.
	phocoena.org /feature/fat (1216 words)

	The Blubber Bunch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blubber Bunch was originally created by Dennis Carlisle and Nick DeStefano while they were in 8th grade (1993).
		His birth was a prophecy of the Blubber God and his large, spherical body, multitude of chins, and earth-shaking roar have been what has held the Blubber Bunch together for so many years.
		Blubber Bunch stories consist of conflicts with both fact-based and fantasy enemies, internal strife within the Bunch, and other subjects involving obese people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blubber_Bunch (1512 words)

	The Marine Mammal Center
		Whales and dolphins however spend all of their lives in the water are unable to conserve body heat by curling up, seeking shelter in a protected place, or putting on coats like humans.
		Blubber thickness can vary from a couple of inches in smaller whales and dolphins, to over a foot thick in the right and bowhead whales.
		To demonstrate the effectiveness of insulation as a protection from cold water students will take turns (or all at once if you are using a clock where they can keep their own time) putting a hand in the ice water without gloves (control).
	www.tmmc.org /learning/education/teacher_resources/blubber.asp (692 words)

	Science Netlinks: Science Updates
		When we looked at blubber more carefully, we realized, yeah, there was a lot of fat in that tissue, but boy it was also a highly organized connective tissue structure.
		In fact, she and her colleagues found that the blubber between a dolphin's top dorsal fin and its tail flukes is crosshatched with elastic fibers.
		Blubber is designed to streamline a dolphin's body in a precise way, as well as to provide thermoregulation and buoyancy control.
	www.sciencenetlinks.com /sci_update.cfm?DocID=10 (585 words)

	Blubber
		Blubber was important to Arctic native people because it provided both high energy food and oil for fuel, and this rich oil was the main reason for the whaling trade.
		Whale blubber was collected, then rendered down into oil in giant cauldrons.
		As the whaling industry was responsible for the killing of hundreds of thousands of whales, it is somewhat ironic that the very blubber that allowed them to live, also led to their deaths.
	www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-blubber-whale.htm (363 words)

	Glossary - American Cetacean Society
		The steep slope between the continental shelf and the ocean floor.
		The act of stripping the blubber layer of a whale by whalers.
		The aboriginal and commercial hunting and killing of whales for their meat, blubber, baleen, oil and other byproducts.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/glossary.html (1964 words)

	For Kids
		The blubber on a large whale can be up to 24 inches thick.
		It is almost impossible for the cold to go through the blubber and chill the whale.
		Thick fur and blubber are two ways that some animals stay warm.
	www.neaq.org /scilearn/kids/warm.html (307 words)

	Amazon.com: Blubber: Books: Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The victim Blubber is portrayed as a bland character with not much to stay who lets people walk all over her so she becomes a victim.
		I read an interview with Judy Blume on Blubber and she explains that Linda was passive and kind of brought it on herself; She didn't stand up for herself.
		Blubber was published about 30 years ago, and maybe it's just me, but it seems that kids are better behaved these days.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0807216372?v=glance (2782 words)

	blubber box (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The blubber box started out originally as a voice changing megaphone toy that had 3 settings: Robot, Alien, and Ghost.
		My intention, from the beginning, was to rehouse the circuit and add power LED with input and ouput jacks with volume control.
		The name came from the fact that this thing blubbers like a child or a madman.
	noisybox.net /art/blubberbox (334 words)

	WHALE BLUBBER NORWAY SEEKING TO EXPORT FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED
		That it is attempting to export blubber for consumption in Japan that it knows to be contaminated is beyond belief," said John Frizell of Greenpeace International.
		Norway is particularly keen to export a 500 tonne mountain of whale blubber it has been accumulating to Japan as there is no Norwegian market for whale blubber.
		"That the blubber is contaminated to this degree further underlines how vital it is that whales are protected and the current ban on trade remains intact.
	archive.greenpeace.org /pressreleases/oceans/2000apr13.html (474 words)

	The ontogenetic changes in the thermal properties of blubber from Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus -- ...
		Probes 1–3 were placed at the interface between the heat source and the standard material, probes 4–6 were placed between the standard material and the deep blubber surface, and probes 7–9 were placed at the interface between the epidermis and air (see Fig.
		Blubber thickness, lipid content, thermal conductivity k and insulation values R for T.
		Koopman, H. Topographical distribution of the blubber of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/208/8/1469 (5863 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - blubber
		illustration of sea mammal blubber, penguin, sea cows and dugongs, seals and walruses, whales and dolphins
		Dolphins have a layer of blubber (body fat) that lies just beneath the skin.
		This layer of fat insulates the animal, enabling it to maintain a...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /blubber.html (109 words)

	Planet Ark : Norway seeks to destroy whale blubber mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Norway's whalers have been stockpiling blubber since Norway resumed commercial hunts of minke whales in 1993 in defiance of a moratorium by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which is currently holding an annual meeting in Japan.
		The whalers had been hoping to export the creamy fat to Japan, where blubber is a delicacy and might be worth 150 crowns a kilo.
		Norwegians dislike blubber, which whalers say stays edible even after several years in a freezer, and only eat the minke whale meat.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/16097/story.htm (681 words)

	Blubber Mitten Activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Place it carefully inside the bag with the shortening so that you are able to zip the one bag to the other.
		Put your bare hand in the bowl of cold water and see just how cold it is! Next, place your hand in the "blubber mitten" and now place your mittened hand in the ice water.
		Walrus, whales, and seals also have wonderful layers of blubber which help to keep them warm.
	ww2.sjc.edu /mamore/Blubber.htm (158 words)

	Man-made toxins concentrate in orcas’ blubber
		Killer whales, a type of dolphin also called orca, migrate to western Norway’s fjords to feed on herring during the winter.
		The herring have elevated toxin levels, which then build up in the orca’s blubber, according to the study, funded by the global conservation organization WWF.
		The study was based on blubber samples taken from 10 killer whales in 2002 and will continue with new samples taken in November.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Dec/20051216News025.asp (224 words)

	Blubber * Written by Judy Blume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The book is about 5 girls who hate Linda and made up a name for her: Blubber.
		She is the meanest one of all because she makes fun of everyone she hates.
		Two of them are: "Hold your nose when Blubber walks by" and "Make her say, 'I am Blubber, the smelliest whale of class 206'".
	www.spaghettibookclub.org /review.php3?review_id=478 (283 words)

	[airbubble] blubber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To me, the whale parts seemed to float downward in slow motion.
		And I just knew that if I kept my eye on those blubber chunks I would surely be able to dodge them."
		In the end the only casualty came to a new Oldsmobile Regency 98 belonging to one Walter Umenhofer.
	www.airbubble.com /blubbered.html (651 words)

	Blubber Glove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ask students to list ways in which animals are able to stay warm in cold water (blubber, air in feathers, oil on fur, low surface area to volume ratio).
		Whales, Weddell seals, and penguins all have blubber.
		Discuss how the solid shortening is like the blubber that these Antarctic animals have.
	octopus.gma.org /surfing/antarctica/blubber.html (367 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Chilean blob could be octopus
		James Mead, a zoologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, US, thinks the huge mass of slimy flesh is whale blubber.
		Mr Mead said a whale could have died of old age, decayed and a big piece of it could have drifted to shore.
		Richard Sabin, a marine biologist, cetacean specialist and curator at the Natural History Museum in London said he would be surprised if it was whale blubber after studying photographs of the find.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3041884.stm (436 words)

	Secrets of the Ocean Realm - In the School "The Great Whales"
		Have them consider how effective a thick layer of blubber must be in order to keep a whale warm while submerged in cold water throughout its life.
		Point out that long-distance swimmers, such as those who cross the English Channel, typically coat their bodies in shortening or other fatty compounds.
		Consider the fact that Native peoples inhabiting arctic regions rely in their diets upon blubber and other fatty foods they harvest from marine mammals to help build and maintain a fat layer of their own.
	www.pbs.org /oceanrealm/intheschool/school5.html (756 words)

	WhaleNet - "Rat" Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Make your own blubber glove and discover how blubber works.
		You are now ready to use your blubber glove to find out how blubber works.
		Place that hand in the blubber glove into the ice water.
	whale.wheelock.edu /whalenet-stuff/Blubberglove.html (127 words)

	Underwater Animals--Animals lesson plan (grades K-5)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Blubber is a layer of fat beneath the skin of many sea mammals.
		Blubber acts as an insulator, helping sea mammals to keep warm in cold waters.
		Rather than have students work on their own, you might have one or more volunteers perform the experiment, with your help, as a demonstration for the class.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/exploringunderwater (1113 words)

	Planet Ark : FEATURE - Norway whale exports - blubber to bow ties? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kept at minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), Ellingsen's six-metre (20-feet) high pile of blubber in white boxes includes underbelly, tail and back that are delicacies eaten raw in Japan.
		In Norway, the blubber is worthless and some of Ellingsen's oldest fat has been made into oil for lighting.
		The biggest threat to blubber exports may come from Japanese consumers, who say levels of toxic polichlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are 7.6 times a maximum Japanese import limit of 0.5 parts per million.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9783 (1369 words)

	Polar Bears:: Lesson Plan, Activity, or Teaching Idea from A to Z Teacher Stuff
		Explain that polar bears have a layer of fat called blubber that keeps him warm.
		To make the blubber glove, use two zip lock plastic bags and fill one with Crisco (about 1 cup).
		Use the other bag to place on top of the Crisco so the students are not touching the Crisco.
	www.atozteacherstuff.com /pages/383.shtml (411 words)

	freedomforum.org: From Harry Potter to 'Blubber': 100 books make list of most challenged of the '90s
		Matthew Dockery, 7, reads the latest book in the Harry Potter series — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — at a bookstore in Las Cruces, N.M., on July 8.
		Her books often are criticized for their sexual content, dealing with issues of puberty and sexual awakening.
		In a statement, Blume said she didn't understand why people think her books are so controversial.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=3037 (1502 words)

	eBay - Book: Blubber (ISBN: 0440407079) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jill Brenner happily goes along with her fifth-grade classmates as they make fun of an overweight student named Linda.
		Despite the fact that Linda hasn't done anything to deserve such treatment, she is constantly picked on by the others and nicknamed Blubber.
		When Jill finally does stand up for Linda, she discovers what it is like to be picked on when Linda's tormentors turn their attentions towards her.
	product.ebay.com /Blubber_ISBN_0440407079_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ13365 (397 words)

	Craft Recipes - Blubber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mix 1/2 cup water with 1/2 cup glue In a separate container, mix 1/2 cup water with 2 T Borax (You'll find this hidden away in a tiny recess of your detergent aisle) Now, while stirring the Borax mixture constantly, add the glue mixture.
		It should immediately glump up and look like blubber (Or at least what we imagine blubber to look like.) If it isn't really glumpy and tough, mix up more Borax mixture and add that to it.
		Use the same toys as with silly putty.
	www.kidsturncentral.com /crafts/crecipe34.htm (111 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Blubber. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Blubber.
		To cry like a child, with noise and slavering.
		“I play the boy, and blubber in thy bosom.”
	www.bartleby.com /81/2074.html (58 words)

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