AJ+-+Blue+Whale

AJ - Blue Whale

The Blue Whale The blue whale is the biggest mammal. It is as long as 3 buses. This mammal weighs over 100 tons which is 240,000 pounds. It can swim as fast as 30 miles per hour. The blue whale has two blowholes on the top of it’s head it can shoot water 30 feet in the air! The blue whale is a light blue-gray over most of its body that becomes spotted with age Blue whales live in Asia and North America and Europe and Africa and south America. Blue whales may be found in all oceans of the world. Sometimes they can be found swimming by themselves or in groups which are called pods. Usually blue whales are found in pairs. A blue whale eats tiny shellfish. The tiny shellfish are called krill. They get their food with there baleen plates. The mother whale gives birth and the tail comes out first. To be an adult they have to be eight to ten years old. A single young calf is born in the spring. The blue whale never stops swimming it just keeps on swimming on and on. When it gose up to the top splashes water at the back