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Blue Whales

Blue Whales. By Kylie Amberger. Classification and Description. Balaenoptera musculus Mammals Bluish gray color 100 feet and 30.5 meters. Biome. North Pacific and South Pacific Lives in the bottom of the water It needs 50,000 gallons of water to survive

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Blue Whales

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  1. Blue Whales By Kylie Amberger

  2. Classification and Description • Balaenopteramusculus • Mammals • Bluish gray color • 100 feet and 30.5 meters

  3. Biome • North Pacific and South Pacific • Lives in the bottom of the water • It needs 50,000 gallons of water to survive • It migrates from hot to colder waters

  4. Life Cycle • Blue whales carry their young for a year • They have one baby at a time • Carnivore • Life span 80 to 90 years

  5. Adaptations • It survives in the cold waters • The hair in its mouth helps catch the food • They are camouflaged • They swim very fast when they’re hunted

  6. Reasons for Endangered Status • Attacked by sharks ,killer whales and people • Their food is disappearing • They’re hunted for the blubber • There been 30,000 blue whales killed

  7. Conservation • There are 5,000 Blue Whales left • 1966 legal protection from commercial whaling • Pick up litter so it doesn’t go in the ocean

  8. Fun Facts • Blue whales bigger than 30 elephants • They eat the smallest food in the ocean • Their tail is as large as a soccer net • Their heart is the size of a car

  9. Resources • Green, Jen, “Nature Children Whales” • Posell, Elsa, “Whales and other Sea Mammals” • Haney. Jonannah, “Endangered Whales” • Rao, Lisa, “Smart Animal Whales”

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