Where are Blue Whales mainly found?

How do Blue Whales feed?

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Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive or land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal which lives on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

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Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive or land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal which lives on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

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Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive or land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meter length, is the largest animal which lives on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important difference in its external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its breadth, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of flat (blubber). This is up to 30 meter in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

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The blue whale is larger than any other animal that has ever lived on the earth, including all known dinosaurs. What makes the blue whale ideally suited for having such a gigantic size?

Besides humans, what is the only known natural enemy of the blue whale?

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, in which ocean are you unlikely to see a blue whale?

The color of the blue whale is made quite obvious by its name. However, when they are outside of the water what color do they appear as?

What sensory ability of the blue whale is thought to be very weak?

Pygmy blue whales (which are a subspecies) are smaller than other known blue whales and also differ in what significant way?

 When do they usually mate?

When do they reproduce?

How long does the calf nurse?

What do the eat?

Why are blue whales endangered?