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= __**Blue Whales **__ = = (Note: There are 10 FAKE facts and 1 fake picture!!!) =

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Blue whales are the largest and loudest animal to live on Earth. The scientific name of this reptile mammal is Balaenoptera musculus. Their tongues alone are so big that it can weigh as much as a hippopotamus elephant. Also, t heir heart weighs as much as a automobile. They are so enormous, yet so hard to find. Many scientists use “critter cam” to see what a blue whale does when we are not around. They usually use the whale sounds to study them. From those // sounds // they learned that Blue Whales use underwater calls to communicate with each other. Did you know that this animal can hear each other up to 1000 miles away? In other words, they have excellent hearing.

Even though they are big animal, they are endangered. The World Conservation Union classified the Blue Whales as endangered. There u sed to be 300,000 blue whales in the world, but people used to hunt them for their  fins oils. Now, there are o nly 10,000-25,000 blue whales are alive. Luckily, now there are protected on the endangered list. This means that no one can hunt them, or they would be severe consequences.

In addition of being the loudest and largest animal on earth in it known for its longevity. The oldest whale found was  500 110 years old, but the average life span is 80 to 90 years. When Blue whales travel they either travel alone or pairs called pods.

This 85-105 feet mammal can hardly see any food than any other creature in Earth. Often spend summers feeding in polar waters. Also, their diet consists of tiny shrimp like creatures called krill. Sometimes during the year, an adult Blue Whales can eat 4 tons of krill a day. When mouth fully expanded, they can hold up to 1000 tons of food and water. Blue Whales weigh less than 5 tons weighs 200 pounds or more, and they have over  200 no predators! They usually swims up to 100 miles an hour. But when agitated, they can accelerate more that 20 miles per hour.

Did you know that all Blue whales are known to be baleen whales? Well, all baleen whales have fringed plate of fingernail like material, which is attached to their upper jaws. In the water, these whales are yellow blue in color. However, when they are in land, they are a bluish grey color. These whales have a broad, flat head. In addition, they have a long, body that ends in wide, triangular flukes. When a blue whale exhales, they can spray from its blowhole which can nearly reach thirty feet in the air.

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