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this is a baby blue whale.

Why do people go whaling don't they know wrong that it is? Why put yourself at risk at sea trying to kill something that wasn't even bothering you to begin with. Japan coutunies killing whales even though it's against the law.

Blue Whales Sing //The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth. It is also the// //loudest animal on Earth////. These enormous mammals eat tiny organisms, like// //plankton// //and// //krill////, which they sieve through// //baleen.//

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. Blue whales grow to be about 80 feet (25 m) long on average, weighing about 120 tons (109 tonnes). The heart is about the size of a Volkswagon bug car. A human could crawl through the aorta (a major blood vessel). Blue whales are the loudest animals on Earth! Their call reaches levels up to 188 [|decibels]. This low-frequency whistle can be heard for hundreds of miles. The blue whale is louder than a jet, which reaches only 140 decibels! Human shouting is 70 decibels; sounds over 120 decibels are painful to human ears The blue whale's skin is usually blue-gray with white-gray spots. The underbelly has brown, yellow, or gray specks. During the winter in cold waters, diatoms stick to the underbelly, giving it a yellow to silver- to sulfur-colored sheen; they are sometimes called "sulfur bottom." They have a very small, falcate (sickle-shaped) dorsal fin that is located near the flukes (tail). Blue whales have long, thin flippers 8 feet long (2.4 m) and flukes that are 25 feet (7.6 m) wide. Blue whales (like all baleen whales) are seasonal feeders and carnivores that filter feed tiny crustaceans (krill, copepods, etc.), plankton, and small fish from the water. They are gulpers, filter feeders that alternatively swim then gulp a mouthful of plankton or fish - they lunge into dense groups of small sea organisms (krill or tiny fish) with an open mouth. The blue whale has about 320 pairs of black baleen plates with dark gray bristles in the blue whale's jaws. They are about 39 inches long (1 m), 21 inches wide (53 cm), and weigh 200 pounds (90 kg). The tongue weighs 4 tons (3.8 tonnes). Blue whales live individually or in very small pods (groups). They frequently swim in pairs. Blue whales can dive for up to an hour, going to a depth of 350 feet Blue whales breathe air at the surface of the water through 2 blowholes located near the top of the head. They spout (breathe) about 1-4 times per minute at rest, and 5-12 times per minutes after a deep dive. Their blow is a single stream that rises 40-50 feet Blue whales are very fast swimmers; they normally swim 3-20 mph Packs of killer whales (orcas) have been known to attack and kill young blue whales Blue whales have a life expectancy of 35-40 years It is estimated that there are about 10,000-14,000 blue whales world-wide. Blue whales are an endangered species [|http://www.tedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Bluewhale.shtml] []