BLUE WHALE

BLUE WHALE

• Mass
• Lifespan
• Female & Male length

BLUE WHALE

• Scientific Name
• Conservation Status
• Gestation period
• Higher classification

FAST FACTS

• Type
• Group Name
• Did you know???

BLUE WHALE

• Baleen Whale
• Fringed Plates

HOW THEY EAT

• Gulping mouthful of water
• Massive tongue forces water through thins

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

• Heart Size
• Loudest animals on earth
• Identified by relatively small dorsal fin

BEHAVIOUR

• Travel alone or in groups of 2-3
• Most powerful voice in animal kingdom

MAJOR THREATS

• Chemical and sound pollution
• Ship strikes
• Climate change

MAJOR THREATS CONTINUED

• Frontal zones
• Migration paths

HOW THEY LOOK

• True blue underwater
• Blue-gray on the surface

MATING

• Changes in the calls
• Males come to other pods

LOCATIONS

• Arctic and Antarctic regions
• Deep offshore waters

FOODWISE

• 40 million krill per day
• 300 ft. underneath the water.

WORKS CITED

• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/#close
• http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/blue_wha...
• http://www.whale-world.com/whale-reproduction/
• http://www.whalefacts.org/blue-whale-facts/
• http://www.whalefacts.org/what-do-blue-whales-eat/