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2 days ago · Blue whale, a species of baleen whale, a cetacean, that is the most massive animal ever to have lived. Weighing approximately 150 tons, it may attain a length of more than 30 meters (98 feet). Blue whales are predominantly blue-gray animals whose lower surfaces are lighter gray or white.
- Gray Whale
The gray whale was hunted almost to extinction by 1925 but...
- Baleen Whale
Baleen whale, (suborder Mysticeti), any cetacean possessing...
- Right Whales
The name right whale refers to the bowhead, or Greenland...
- Gray Whale
5 days ago · Killer whale, largest member of the dolphin family (Delphinidae). The killer whale is easy to identify by its size and its striking coloration: jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye, another extending up each flank, and a variable ‘saddle patch’ just behind the dorsal fin.
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1 day ago · The blue whale is the largest animal in the world known until now. You may wonder why it is so. It is because this blue whale is about 98 feet in length and 400,000 pounds in weight. It is not only about weight, size, food, and other factors. The heart size of this whale is the same as the small car you drive.
3 days ago · The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft), whereas longer ones, up to 33.6 metres (110 ft), have been recorded but not weighed.
2 days ago · Whale, any of the larger species of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Cetacea. Whales are the heaviest known animals, living or fossil, reaching a maximum size in the blue whale of perhaps more than 30 meters and 200 metric tons.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · The largest whale in the world is the Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia). It is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.
5 days ago · A: The largest whale species is the blue whale, which can reach lengths of up to 100 feet and weigh as much as 200 tons. Q: Where do giant squids live? A: Giant squids live in deep ocean waters, typically at depths of 1,000 to 2,000 feet.
