2.  Did you know that blue whales can be
up to 100 feet long?
 They are the world’s largest mammals.
 Blue whales use tail flukes to swim in the
ocean. Flippers help them steer.

3.  Blue whales often spend summers
feeding in polar waters and go on long
migrations toward the equator as winter
arrives.
 Between 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales
are believed to still swim the world’s
oceans.

4.  Blue whales eat about 2,000 - 9,000
pounds of krill per day. That’s like eating
8,000 – 36,000 cheeseburgers per day to
eat the same amount that blue whales
eat.

5.  Baby blue whales are called calves. The
adult stage begins the moment the
mother leaves the child.
 Their average life span in the wild is 80-
90 years.

6.  Blue whales’ predators are people.
 Groups of orcas (killer whales) have
been known to attack and kill young
blue whales.

7.  A blue whale is the largest animal that
ever lived on this planet. They can reach
100 feet in length. Their length equals the
length of two school buses.

8.  Nationalgeographic.com
 PebbleGo
 Mrnussbaum.com
 Softschools.com
 Nationalgeographic.com
 Bluewhaleinfo.com