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    The Big Blue Whale

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    The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to exist, reaching over 100 feet long and weighing over 200 tons. As mammals, blue whales breathe air at the surface but live exclusively in the ocean, eating up to 8 tons of krill per day. Though once hunted to near extinction, blue whale populations are now endangered with only 10,000-25,000 remaining worldwide.

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    The Big Blue Whale

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    The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to exist, reaching over 100 feet long and weighing over 200 tons. As mammals, blue whales breathe air at the surface but live exclusively in the ocean, eating up to 8 tons of krill per day. Though once hunted to near extinction, blue whale populations are now endangered with only 10,000-25,000 remaining worldwide.

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    The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to exist, reaching over 100 feet long and weighing over 200 tons. As mammals, blue whales breathe air at the surface but live exclusively in the ocean, eating up to 8 tons of krill per day. Though once hunted to near extinction, blue whale populations are now endangered with only 10,000-25,000 remaining worldwide.

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    The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to exist, reaching over 100 feet long and weighing over 200 tons. As mammals, blue whales breathe air at the surface but live exclusively in the ocean, eating up to 8 tons of krill per day. Though once hunted to near extinction, blue whale populations are now endangered with only 10,000-25,000 remaining worldwide.

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    THE BIG BLUE WHALE

    -The largest animal on the whole world is Blue Whale.

    -Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived - bigger even than the largest of the
    dinosaurs.

    -Latine name for blue whale is Balaneoptera masculus;

    - They live in all seas, and some species also live in tropical and subtropical rivers;

    -Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, are hundreds of times heavier than large hippos.

    -Today, four groups of mammals live in the water: That are whales, sea lions (seals),
    manatees and otters. They all have a spindly body.

    -Blue whales are classified as mammals. This means that even though they live in water they
    have to come to the surface for air;

    -they can swimm with speed about 20km/h , at average.

    -they live in the ocean and they can live about 80 to 90 years;

    - The lower part of the body of the whale often has a yellowish tint, due to all the
    microorganisms that live on its skin.

    -Few people know that blue whales are also the loudest animals. Their grunting, buzzing and
    moaning sounds reach over 180 decibels.

    -Blue whales got his name for his color but blue only looks blue under the water;

    - On the surface they are gray ;

    - They eat about 8 tons of food per day, every day;

    - For food they can swimm very deep, up to 500m;

    -It feeds almost exclusively on small crustaceans, which are also called krill, which it scoops
    out of the water with wasps;

    -Whales are mammals that, you won't believe it, breathe with lungs, even though they spend
    their whole lives in the sea.

    -The cubs feed on the female and drink her milk.

    -They communicate with each other with low-frequency sounds that can be heard kilometers
    away (up to 1,600 km away in good conditions).

    - There are between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales in the world. It is an endangered species
    and they are on the Red List of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)
    -A blue whale's mouth is so big you could fit a whole football team in it.

    -A blue whale's heart is as big as a car.

    -The largest land animal, the elephant, does not even reach the weight of the blue whale's
    tongue.

    - A blue whale's blood vessels are wide enough for a human to swim through.

    -The blue whale is a more solitary animal and rarely stays in group.

    -are totally harmless to people;

    - The blue whale has a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.

    - Its stomach can hold one ton of krill and it needs to eat about four tons of krill each day.

    - They are the loudest animals on Earth and are even louder than a jet engine.

    - Their calls reach 188 decibels, while a jet reaches 140 decibels. Their low frequency whistle
    can be heard for hundreds of miles and is probably used to attract other blue whales.

    -Blue whales have been found in all oceans around the world except for the Arctic Ocean.

    -The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as endangered.

    - Hopefully with time, the planet’s largest gentle giants will again roam the seas aplenty.

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