You can compare length and weight with human, school bus, space shuttle, basketball court etc.
A neat description of behavior and threats of blue whale is also given in the NGC here
Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Average lifespan in the wild: 80 to 90 years
Size: 82 to 105 ft (25 to 32 m)
Weight: up to 200 tons (181,437 kg)
Group name: Pod
When a blue whale exhales, the spray from its blowhole can reach nearly 30 ft (9m) into the air.
blue whales are big
ReplyDeletethere hart is as big as a small car and there toung weighs as a elephant!!
ReplyDeletethey are really really big aren't they
ReplyDeletethe blue whales blood vessels are so big we could swim in them!oh and how ever made this website it needs a few improvements
ReplyDeleteThere is something wrong with the scale of that picture when a man is taller than a school bus and space shuttle.
ReplyDeleteAnd so does your spelling anon june 20, 2011
ReplyDeletei like blue whale very well
ReplyDeleteThey are enormous!
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