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Blue Whales

Blue Whale range ADVERTISEMENT. Blue Whales. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Balaenopteridae Genus: Balaenoptera Species: Balaenoptera musculus. By: Emily Parris. How Big are Blue Whales?.

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Blue Whales

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  1. Blue Whale range ADVERTISEMENT Blue Whales Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CetaceaFamily:BalaenopteridaeGenus: BalaenopteraSpecies: Balaenoptera musculus By: Emily Parris

  2. How Big are Blue Whales? “Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth.” Blue whales hearts, can weigh “…as much as an automobile!” Blue Whales can grow up to “…100 feet long and [weigh] upwards of 200 tons. “Blue whales tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant!”

  3. Baleen Whale What Do Blue Whales Eat? baleen “Blue whales are baleen whales, which means they have fringed plates of fingernail-like material, called baleen, attached to their upper jaws. The giant animals feed by first gulping an enormous mouthful of water, expanding the pleated skin on their throat and belly to take it in. Then the whale's massive tongue forces the water out through the thin, overlapping baleen plates. Thousands of krill are left behind—and then swallowed.” CARNIVORE: “A flesh-eating animal.” A blue whales “…diet is composed nearly [entirely] of tiny shrimplike animals called krill.” “During certain times of the year, a single adult blue whale consumes about 4 tons of krill a day!”

  4. “The blue whale has a broad, flat head and a long, tapered body that ends in wide, triangular flukes.” What Do Blue Whales Look Like? “Blue whales look true blue underwater, but on the surface their coloring is more a mottled blue-gray.” A blue whale has two “nostrils” which are called blow holes, and they located on the top of its head. “Their underbellies take on a yellowish hue from the millions of microorganisms that take up residence in their skin.”

  5. Where Do Blue Whales Live? • “Blue whales live in all the world's oceans.” • They occasionally swim in “…small groups but usually they swim alone or in pairs.” • In the summer, blue whales feed in the polar waters, and in the winter they migrate towards the Equator. Blue whale range

  6. Did You Know? “Blue whales are among the loudest animals on the planet. They emit a series of pulses, groans, and moans, and it’s thought that, in good conditions, blue whales can hear each other up to 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away.” “Blue whales cruise the ocean at more than five miles an hour, but can accelerate to more than 20 miles an hour when they are agitated.” Zzz… Whales do not sleep but instead take short naps. “The average lifespan of blue whales is estimated to be around 80 to 90 years. The oldest blue whale found is determined to be around 110 years old! “ “When a blue whale exhales, the spray from its blowhole can reach nearly 30 ft (9m) into the air.”

  7. Baby Blue Whales “Blue whale calves enter the world already ranking among the planet's largest creatures.” “It gorges on nothing but mother's milk and gains about 200 pounds every day for its first year!” When a baby blue whale is born it weighs 3 tons, and is 25 feet long!

  8. ENDANGERED!!! “Blue whales have few predators but are known to fall victim to attacks by shards and killer whales, and many are injured or die each year from impacts with large ships.” “Between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales are believed to still swim the world's oceans. Aggressive hunting in the 1900s by whalers seeking whale oil drove them to the brink of extinction. Between 1900 and the mid-1960s, some 360,000 blue whales were slaughtered. They finally came under protection with the 1966 International Whaling Commission, but they've managed only a minor recovery since then.” “Blue whales are currently classified as endangered on the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List.”

  9. Works Cited • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale.html • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/carnivore

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