Blue+whale

usually travel in very small groups, often traveling alone, and can swim very quickly, sometimes reaching speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Animal: Animal Group: Description of animal group || Blue Whale (//Balaenoptera musculus//) Mammal A group of whales is called a Pod. || Observation Describe your animal (Colour, size, body parts) || Is the largest mammal on the planet. Blue Whales communicate with each other using small moans, clicks and buzzes which can be heard hundres of miles under water. greyish blue in colour with lighter grey spots. 22-24 meters in lenth and can weigh over 100 tons. Has a dorsal fin low on its back. || Describe how your animal behaves (moves, flies, runs) || They migrate to warmer climates in the winter They travel in small groups or often alone. || Where it lives || The Blue Whale is found all over the world in both warm and cooler oceans. || What it eats How it eats || Blue Whales eat by filtering food from the water. Their diet consists mostly of plankton and krill,wich are small shrimps. The Blue Whales can eat over 4 tones of shrimp per day. Blue Whales only feed for 8 months and fast for the othe 4. || How does it have babies? How does it care for its babies? How long do they live? || Female blue whales give birth to their young about once every 2-3 years. The baby whale or calf is nursed by the mother for the first 6-8 months. Then stays with its mother for at least a year. They can live for 35-40 years how ever some records show they can live up to 80 years. || What does it do during the day and night? || The Blue Whale spends most hours of the day feeding as it needs to eat so much food. || How has it changed over time in Antarctica? || || It is currently listed as endangered. As numbers are estimated to be about 12 thousand in total. || Type in the content of your page here.
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