BLUE WHALE

Blue whales are gray-blue in color with light gray spots all over their bodies.

SIZE

• largest animal in the world!
• 82 to 105 feet (25 to 32 meters) long
• up to 200 tons (400,000 pounds)
• females are larger than males

FEEDING

• eat up to 8,000 pounds of krill each day
• eat cope pods
• have baleen instead of teeth to filter their food

MIGRATION

• summer/hot: they travel toward the poles or cooler places to feed
• winter/cold: travel toward the equator or warmer places to breed
• cover thousands of miles
• travel for several weeks

BABIES

• instead of krill the baby drinks milk for the first 6 to 18 months
• Can drink 150 gallons of milk per day

INTERESTING FACTS

• can live up to 80 years
• gentle giants: don't harm humans
• their tongues can weigh as much as an elephant
• their heart can weigh as much as a car

SUMMARY

• what blue whales look like
• size
• feeding
• migration
• babies
• interesting facts

SOURCES

• National Marine Mammals Labratory
• whalefacts.com
• Haiku Deck
• National Geograghic
• kidszone.ws
• Is the Blue Whale the Biggest There Is?

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