Blue+Whale

Animal: Animal Group: Description of animal || Blue Whale
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Mammal || Mammals are warm-blooded and give birth to live young.The blue whale is the largest mammal. ||  ||   || [] ||   || [] ||  || Observation Describe your animal (Colour, size, body parts) The Blue whale is the biggest mammal in the world at a size of 29 mertes in length. || The blue whale is blue and white with a light gray tinge. The blue whale has 2 blowholes and 50-70 throat grooves. They have a very small,sickle-shaped dorsal fin that is located near the tail. Blue whales have long, thin pectoral flippers(2.4 m and flukes (the tail fins) that are about 7.6 m wide. ||
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[] ||  || [] ||  || Describe how your animal behaves (moves, flies, runs) || The blue whale swims by propelliling itself with it's flukes a the back of it's tail. The blue whale then steers using it's flippers. When chased, it can reach speeds as high as 48 km/h (30 mi/h). || [] ||  || [] ||  || Where it lives || The blue whale is found mostly in cold and temperate waters. It prefers deeper ocean waters than coastal regions. || [] ||  || [] ||  || What it eats How it eats || food is krill, or shrimp-like euphausiids, that are up to three inches long. Blue whales must eat two to four tons of krill a day during the feeding season to survive the rest of the year. || [] ||  || [] ||  || How does it have babies? How does it care for its babies? How long do they live? || blue whales breed in the winter to early spring. The babie feeds on its mothers fat laden milk. the baby is cared for about 1-1 1/2 years. || [] ||  || [] ||  || What does it do during the day and night? || Blue whales migrate,eat krill and survive from packs of orcas during the day. They swim around in pairs,small groups or as individuals. They are called pods. || [] ||  || [] ||  || How has it changed over time in Antarctica? || blue whales move to lots of different seas but mostly the warmer seas or oceans. || [] ||  || [] ||  || [] ||  || [] ||  || [] ||  || Type in the content of your page here.
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 * **Threats:** || The only predator that has ever been recorded attacking a Blue whale is packs of killer whales, or Orcas. By the 1960s they were nearly extinct. ||
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 * **Other Facts:** || It is estimated that there are about 8,000-14,000 blue whales worldwide, which makes them an endangered species. ||
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