Whale

The Whale is a tier 10 animal.

Mechanics

Narwhals can evolve into whales.
- 48,000 XP is required for any of those animals to evolve into a whale.
Whales do not evolve into any other animals, as they are one of the latest animals.
Whales drop meat upon death.
As a whale, friendly fire is turned off for pollock and all tier 1 to tier 5 animals, as well as bobbit worms: meaning you cannot damage them nor be damaged by them.
- Despite friendly fire being turned off for jellyfish, if you absorb them they will poison you.

Attacks against you do not get increased by speed if you are using your active ability.
Entering the ocean surface or arctic surface causes you to spit out all animals that you have absorbed.
When near orcas, attack damage increases (good for killing orcas and other top tier animals except Giant Squid).

Clicking causes you to suck in all animals, Manta aura and food within a certain distance of you.
- You will absorb all animals that you cannot friendly fire.
- You will damage all animals that you can friendly fire.

Your active ability replaces your ability to boost, meaning you cannot boost forward.
Your active ability can suck in snowballs (which stun you and make you slower).
None of the food that you eat by using your active ability will regenerate your boosts.
You cannot move while using your active ability.
You cannot suck in cachalots or other whales.
If you absorb a jellyfish, you will be poisoned until you spit them out or until they leave the game.

This is a complete list of food that whales can eat.

Name	Can be eaten by	XP	Description
Barb	All except for the stonefish who spawned it	0	Spawns behind a stonefish using their active ability. Deals damage upon eating it (7% of max life). Poisons anyone who eats it with a base DPS of 10% that lasts 5 seconds (except poison-immune animals). Despawns after 4 seconds.
Bubble	All animals that breathe air	0	Affected by gravity, floats upwards. Spawns out of the window of the shipwreck. Replenishes oxygen to animals that breathe air.
Bird Poop	All except for lamprey and seagull	10	Affected by gravity. Automatically spawns below any seagull every 10 seconds.
Plankton	All	25	Spawns in the ocean.
Ice	All	50	Spawns in the arctic and deeeep.
Volcano Food	All except lamprey	125	Affected by gravity, floats upwards. Spawns out of volcanoes, which can be hidden in and are located in the arctic and the deeeep. When eaten as an animal that is not suited to the arctic, it will replenish some of your temperature.
Person	Tier 9 to tier 10 except sunfish and stonefish	300	Spawns just above the water. Does not spawn in the arctic.
Flappy Duck	Ray to tier 10 except bald eagle	675	Spawns in a horizontal line just below the height limit.
Meat	All	1000	Spawns where an animal dies (tier 2 to tier 10 animals only). The amount of meat that spawns depends on what animal it was.

Whales cannot hide anywhere as they are a tier 10 animal.

This section highlights all the changes made to the whale in documented updates so far. A full changelog can be found here.

Update	Changes
December 12th, 2016	Added two new animals with special abilities: whales and orcas!
Decemeber 15th, 2016	Whales can no longer absorb each other.
January 18th, 2017 (Later)	Fixed whale bug that allowed it to absorb beavers, and many other tweaks.
January 19th, 2017	Whales can now hit (but not absorb) other whales again. Animals inside whales can no longer lose temperature.
January 21st, 2017	Whales can no longer attack each other.
February 13th, 2017	Whales and killer whales can now hit each others' species. DogJelly's idea: Whale's attack increases when killer whales or sharks are near. 5% per shark and 15% per orca, stackable 5 times. Attack only increases towards Sharks/Orca.
February 14th, 2017	Whale's skill now absorbs nearby food.
February 18th, 2017 (Later)	Fixed the whale's ability.
February 28th, 2017	Whale: Food eaten while using skill no longer regenerates boost. Removed whale damage bonus for sharks (and bonus for orcas is divided by amount of whales near).
April 6th, 2017	Attacks against whales don't get increased by speed if it's using its skill.
April 15th, 2017	Fixed a bug involving animals using ability when hit by a whale using its skill. Whales can no longer suck cachalots. Fixed a bug that caused lampreys to be unable to attach to whales.
May 19th, 2017	All: Whale's skill now absorbs barbs and snowballs.