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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Mammal
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Order  Whale
Species  Blue Whale
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Date Updated   Mon Nov 23 08:06:20 2015
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Whale - Blue Whale Facts & Trivia for kids
- The Blue Whale is the largest animal that ever existed.
- The tongue of the Blue Whale is as large as an elephant.
- The siren sound the Blue Whale makes is louder than a jet engine.
- A blue whales bellow can be heard at up to 1,000 miles away.
- Blue Whales have no teeth. Instead they have baleen, a flexible filter-like structure.
- The heart of a Blue Whale can weigh about 2,000 pounds.
- A baby Blue Whale weighs about as much as a full grown elephant.
- Blue Whales are larger than the largest dinosaur.
- An average adult Blue Whale is about 89 feet long, the largest ever measured was 110 feet long.
- Blue Whales feed in cold waters,then move to warmer waters to have their calves.
- An average Blue Whale weighs 200,000 to 300,000 pounds, but they can reach 420,000 pounds in weight.
- The largest concentration of Blue Whales can be found in the seas around Antarctica.
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