Let us know the amazing facts of Antarctic Blue Whale
- It is one of the largest animal in the world
- COMMON NAME : Blue Whale
- SCIENTIFIC NAME: Balaenoptera musculus intermedia
- TYPE: Mammalia
- DIET: Carnivorous Animal
- AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: 80 to 90 years
- SIZE: About 110 feet
- Height: 1.4 – 2.1 m
- Length: 30 meters
- The Antarctic blue whale has a heart the size of a small car, and during the main feeding season it consumes 3600 kg of krill per day.
- The Blue whale population in Antarctica was drastically reduced by commercial whaling, which started in South Atlantic.
- A single adult blue whale can consume 36,000 kg of krill a day.
- Blue whales have one of the loudest voices on the planet.
- When blue whales surface to breathe and exhale, air comes out in a vertical cloud of pressurized vapor rising up to nine meters (30 feet) high.
- Another fact is that blue whales can dive deep for food, sometimes over 500 meters (1,650 feet).
- They can spend about 35 minutes underwater, too, though most dives last 10 – 20 minutes or even less.
- Blue whales, like other whales and dolphins, are conscious breathers.
- They never fall asleep completely, resting only one half of their brain at a time. The other half stays awake to prevent drowning.
- Lacking the esophagus size to consume larger sources of food, blue whales are also unable to chew and break down food into smaller pieces.
- More than a quarter of a blue whale’s body mass is blubber that acts as a form of injury protection and thermal insulator, though it is an unfortunate fact that commercial hunting for blue whale blubber has contributed to the animal’s endangered status.
