Animal of the Day: The Blue Whale (IT'S YUGE!)

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Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and upwards of 200 tons (181 metric tons). Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, as much as an automobile.

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Blue whales reach these mind-boggling dimensions on a diet composed nearly exclusively of tiny shrimplike animals called krill. During certain times of the year, a single adult blue whale consumes about 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) of krill a day.

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[QUOTE]Blue whales are baleen whales, which means they have fringed plates of fingernail-like material, called baleen, attached to their upper jaws. The giant animals feed by first gulping an enormous mouthful of water, expanding the pleated skin on their throat and belly to take it in. Then the whale's massive tongue forces the water out through the thin, overlapping baleen plates. Thousands of krill are left behind

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Blue whale calves enter the world already ranking among the planet's largest creatures. After about a year inside its mother's womb, a baby blue whale emerges weighing up to 3 tons (2.7 metric tons) and stretching to 25 feet (8 meters). It gorges on nothing but mother's milk and gains about 200 pounds (91 kilograms) every day for its first year.

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Blue whales are among Earth's longest-lived animals. Scientists have discovered that by counting the layers of a deceased whale's waxlike earplugs, they can get a close estimate of the animal's age. The oldest blue whale found using this method was determined to be around 110 years old. Average lifespan is estimated at around 80 to 90 years.

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Between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales are believed to still swim the world's oceans. Aggressive hunting in the 1900s by whalers seeking whale oil drove them to the brink of extinction. Between 1900 and the mid-1960s, some 360,000 blue whales were slaughtered. They finally came under protection with the 1966 International Whaling Commission, but they've managed only a minor recovery since then.

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Blue whales have few predators but are known to fall victim to attacks by sharks and killer whales, and many are injured or die each year from impacts with large ships. Blue whales are currently classified as endangered on the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List.




Fast Facts

Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Average life span in the wild: 80 to 90 years
Size: 82 to 105 ft (25 to 32 m)
Weight: Up to 200 tons (181,437 kg)
Group name: Pod
Protection status: Endangered
Did you know? When a blue whale exhales, the spray from its blowhole can reach nearly 30 ft (9m) into the air.

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How is the nikka in the middle taller than a tank?

[DonD13]

very impressive animal :applause:

[Im Still Ballin]

How is the nikka in the middle taller than a tank?
That's Gigantopithecus

[DonDadda59]

That's Gigantopithecus

That's Ving Rhames. :coleman:

Chart is some bullshit. School bus longer than a basketball court. F*ck outta here.

That whale's probably the size of a Burmese Mountain Dog. TOPS.

[Nick Young]

the king of the ocean

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


#thankyoubasedbluewhale

[Nick Young]

I think it's safe to call these guys the GOAT of the ocean.

Even their newborn babies can defeat greatwhite sharks in their prime:lol

Also, how cool is it these guys can talk to each other from 1,000 miles away. They can pass info to each other all over the world. I bet they tell eachother where the nice krill areas are. They live to be 90, I wonder how complex their language is. I bet they are a lot smarter than we currently think they are.

[HenryGarfunkle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLfTGqi9ojU&app=desktop#t=33m15s

You know what's next bro

[Im Still Ballin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLfTGqi9ojU&app=desktop#t=33m15s

You know what's next bro
Damn son where'd you find THIS.

[JohnFreeman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLfTGqi9ojU&app=desktop#t=33m15s

You know what's next bro
Did I just rep you into green? wow feel my arms

[CavaliersFTW]

yo that's gotta be the worst "scale" chart I've ever seen :oldlol:

[Long Duck Dong]

I think it's safe to call these guys the GOAT of the ocean.

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In more way than you know

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/Bonishphoto/Whales3.jpg

Yep that's it's d!ck. Average length. 13 feet!

Like a Virgin...touched for the very first time...

[pauk]

:applause:

[aj1987]

In more way than you know

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/Bonishphoto/Whales3.jpg

Yep that's it's d!ck. Average length. 13 feet!

Like a Virgin...touched for the very first time...
So, Pippen = Blue Whale and MJ = Salmon.

[FillJackson]

So here's a 94 foot blue whale replica.

For size comparison, I've included a one actual size Jesse Eisenberg.

http://www.newyork.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10-thesquidandthewhale-american-museum-of-natural-history_650.jpg

[Sarcastic]

Elephant has to be next


http://m.nydailynews.com/news/world/massive-elephant-flings-buffalo-air-article-1.2515480


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[hateraid]

Are you still watching a new movie a day?

[Nick Young]

This is a picture of blue whale steak

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Would you eat it?



I definitely would. I beat it tastes like prime rib mixed with salmon. It has so much fat it must be really tender:rockon:

[Nick Young]

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Wow! This isn't blue whale but it's mink whale. Looks delicious!

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Whale sashimi

[Nick Young]

In more way than you know

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/Bonishphoto/Whales3.jpg

Yep that's it's d!ck. Average length. 13 feet!

Like a Virgin...touched for the very first time...
13 foot dick holy shit, girl whales must love their lives.