Blue Whale Quick Facts -Largest animal that ever lived, even larger than the largest dinosaur
-Biggest blue whale was 110ft long (~3 school buses)
-Average size is ~2 school buses length. -Blue babies about the size of a minivan
-Tailspan about the size of a professional soccer goal (~25ft)
-Weight 110,000-330,000lbs
-80-90 year lifespan in the wild
-Giant hearts, about the size of a VW Beetle
-Tongue as big as an elephant
-Blowhole & arteries size of a dinner plate (~9in)
-Mouths so big they carry a volume larger than themselves and their throats stretch down to their navel. You and 400 of your friends could fit in its mouth. -Exclusively eat krill (shrimplike invertebrates), one of the words smallest animal. -They are filter feeders, meaning when they take in mouths full of water they trap their krill treat basically between their teeth for their meals. -They eat 4-6 tons of krill daily
-Blue babies drink 50-100 gallons of milk/day
-Closest relative is a Hippo
-Dive depths of 300m for up to 30 minutes
