The blue whale is great. Phenomenally great: it’s almost the size of the shuttle orbiter, or if you do not know how big that is, just go to your local basketball court. The blue whale is longer than this. They are also mysterious: despite their size, blue whales are so rare that even experts know little about them.
They can weigh up to 200 tons. It is about 8 DC-9 or 15 school buses.
In fact, their language alone weighs about 4 tons as much as an elephant. Approximately 100 people can fit into the mouth of a blue whale.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a Mini Cooper and can weigh close to 2,000 pounds (~ 907 kg). His heartbeat can be detected from two miles away, and a person can easily crawl through his main arteries.
Blue whales can produce sounds louder than a jet engine (188 decibels against 140 decibels of a jet engine) and can communicate with other whales 1,000 miles away.
The only adult eats about 4 tons of krill (tiny shrimp-like animals) a day.
The spray from the blue whale outlet is almost as high as a three-story building (30 feet or 9 m). The kid can fit into his vent.
The average length of the blue whale is 70 to 85 feet, but they have been known to reach lengths of 100 feet (30 m). Longitudinally it is the equivalent of two city buses and longer than the NBA basketball court.
The average life expectancy of a blue whale is 60 to 70 years, although according to various sources it is reported as low as 40 years and as high as 110 years.
Blue whales can swim at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.
A blue whale has an outlet on the top of her head to breathe through.
Blue whales do usually sleep in the middle of the day.
The whale hears through sound waves traveling through the water.
Female whales are pregnant for about twelve months.
Women give birth to one calf every two to three years.
A newborn calf weighs about three tons when it is born and averages about twenty-five feet in length.
The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world.
The population of blue whales is dangerously low with only about 1300 – 2000 left.
Female whales are longer than men.
The largest blue whale ever recorded was an adult woman measuring 108 feet. (Some sources say 106 feet.)
The blue whale is now an endangered species.
The blue whale’s arteries are as large as the drain pipes. It is believed that they are large enough for a medium-sized dog or even possibly a small person to crawl through them.
The mouth of a blue whale is big enough to park a car in it.
The blue whale is also known as the whale of the sulfur base.
