Blue Whale

Tom parfrement

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth. It is also the loudest animal. These enormous mammals eat tiny organisms, like plankton and kril. They live in pods (small groups).Blue whales have 2 blowholes and a 5-30 cm thick layer of blubber. 

Blue whales are rorqual whales, whales that have pleated throat grooves that allow their throat to expand during the huge intake of water during filter feeding. Blue whales have 50-70 throat grooves that run from the throat to mid-body.

HABITAT 

The blue wales are mostly found in cold waters. Mostly in deep waters in the arctic seas. The blue whale occurs in the Icelandic & Celtic Marine Ecosystems, Southern Caribbean Sea, and Sea of Cortez. Also, approximately 2,000 blue whales live off the California Coast and migrate to Mexico, and Costa Rica. 

Predator Adaptations