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Delicate Giants of the Ocean - Blue Whales

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Above the sea, Blue whales possess a skin color of light grey or dark grey. And then under the ocean it exhibits the excitement, they maintain luminous aquatic blue complexion which enables them to simply be identified mainly because of their mottled skin layers. Otherwise identified as "sulphur bottom" by whaler.

Do you know there are three identified subspecies of a blue whale? Yes, the pygmy blue whale is one that will be found in the Southern Hemisphere and Northern Indian Ocean. It has a "torpedo - shaped"body with a rather larger head and yet shorter in length that the typical blue whale.

The other one is also known as B.m muscullus are presented in the Northern Hemisphere, 23-27m in length usually the females are larger than the male. And also, the Bm Intermedia, is the last as well as largest among the three subspecies of blue whales. Its length is 29-33m. The Northern hemisphere, the next larger of the subspecies, B.m musculus are able to reach the length of 23-27m in length, females are larger than males. At a measurement that ranges from 29-33, Bm Intermedia is the biggest among such subspecies which may be found in the Antarctic.

 

Blue Whale Size and Statistics

Whales own the record of actually being the grandest creature ever actually lived. They are in fact larger than whichever dinosaur, expanding to such a large measurement at 110 ft or 33m. The average fully developed whales weighs about around 100-120 tonnes while the eldest blue whale are believed at 200 tonnes.

A fully-grown whale is virtually just as massive as 25 African Elephants that's completely developed. The blue whale has a blow hole at the back of it's head that can potentially blow up to 30 feet high when it breathes and has an terrible smell. Its heart is as big as a small car; arteries are just about 9 inches in diameter. The mouth of a whale can take water bigger than its size. Its tongue is the size of an elephant. Blue whales are giants with their infant roughly as large as two minivans. Amazing!

For those who want to view blue whales, you may go to either Canada or Hawaii. It's a Great adventure, the grey whale adventure.