Blue Whale.

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Blue Whale.
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species musculus
Names male: bull
female: cow
young: calf
group: pod
Conservation Endangered due to hunting.
Concerns
Range Oceans throughout the world.
Habitat Tropical waters in winter, arctic or antarctic latitudes in summer.
Size Length: over 24 m (80 ft)
Weight: about 150 metric tons
Females tend to grow larger than males.
Feeding Habits Blue whales are carnivores; they mainly eat small shrimp-like animals called krill. Blue whales use plates in their mouths, called
baleen, to strain great quantities of krill from the water.
Offspring After a gestation period of about 11 months, the female usually gives birth to one calf.
Life Span Up to 100 years.
Did You Know During the summer, a blue whale can eat about 40 million krill a day--about 3600 kg (7940 lb) of food.
Blue whales are the largest animals of all time.
A blue whale can spout water up to 9 meters (30 ft) high.
A baby blue whale gains about 90 kg (200 lb) a day.
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