Blue WhaleFacts about the blue whale!

IntroThe blue whale is a marine mammal

belonging to the baleen whales. At 30 meters in length and 170 tones or more

in weight. it is the largest existing animal and the heaviest that ever

existed in the world.

Fact file!Sizes and Weight

• They can weigh up to 190,000 kg on average (Adult)• And can be 2,400 cm in length • Their tongues alone can weigh up as much as an elephant, while their

hearts, are as big as a car.

Food Chain• A single adult blue whale can consume 3,6000kg of krill a day.• They eat krill and also microscopic plants.

Breeding• Females breed only once every three years and only have one young.• They remain pregnant for about one year before giving birth.• When born, the blue whale calf is about 7 m long and weighs 2,700 kg.

Others• Their scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus