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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale.Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 t (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known ever to have existed.
The Mysticeti, or baleen whales, have a filter-feeding system, are fifteen species in three families, and include the blue whale, right whales, bowhead whale, humpback whale rorqual, and gray whale. The wide range of body mass in cetaceans has a significant influence on the capacity for oxygen storage and use, which affects dive limits.
Blue whales can live for up to 40 years. Blue whales can start reproducing between 10 and 15 years old, with females giving birth every 2 or 3 years. ©Chase Dekker/Shutterstock.com.
Gray whale rostrum covered in the endemic Cryptolepas rhachianecti barnacles and cyamids often called whale lice. Whale barnacles typically attach to baleen whales and have a commensal relationship–the barnacle benefits and the whale is neither helped nor harmed. [3] A single humpback whale may carry up to 450 kg (990 lb) of barnacles. [21]
Blue whales can reach 100 feet long and weigh up to 330,000 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ocean giants live in all oceans except the Arctic, NOAA ...
Armed with binoculars and telephoto cameras, they watch the cobalt waters for one of its great treasures - pygmy blue whales. When there is a sighting, it’s all systems go. Faustino's son ...
The blue whale has the largest penis of any organism on the planet, typically measuring 2.4–3.0 metres (8–10 ft). [118] Accurate measurements of the blue whale are difficult to take because the whale's erect length can only be observed during mating. [119]
A mass stranding of pilot whales on the shore of Cape Cod, 1902. Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach.