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  Blue whales are the largest animals to have 

ever lived on Earth.   Blue whales live in every 

ocean around the world.   They sometimes travel 

in small groups but usually travel alone or in 

pairs.   Blue whales feed in the Arctic waters 

in the summer and migrate toward the Equator 

when winter comes.   Unlike most other 

whales who travel non-stop while migrating; 

blue whales may stop for long periods of time 

if they come across a good feeding ground.   In 

all blue whales can migrate for up to 4 months 

and up to 3500 miles depending on where they 

are traveling to and from.  

     An interesting fact about blue whales is 

that they do not have teeth.   Blue whales have 

fringed plates of a finger-nail like material 

called baleen.   They feed by taking in large 

gulps of water and the baleen acts as a net and 

catches the tiny shrimp like animals called 

Krill; that they eat.   Blue whales can eat 

about 4 tons of krill a day.   The blue whale can 

reach up to 100 feet long and up to 200 tons in 

weight, by feeding almost solely on these 

shrimp-like animals. 

    Blue whales look true blue underwater.  

Where in actuality the tops of their bodies are 

a grayish-blue color, and their underbellies are 

a yellowish hue.   This yellowish hue comes 

from the millions of micro organism that 

live in their skin.   I think it is neat that the 

blue whale is like a traveling house.   Blue 

whales have a broad flat head with a long 

tempered body that ends in triangular fins.  

Blue whales are not just the biggest animal 

on Earth they are also the loudest.   They can 

swim anywhere from 5 to 20 miles an hour, 

although their average speed is about 14 miles 

per hour.       

    Blue whales babies are called calves.  

They are among some of the biggest creatures 

on the planet when they are born.   blue whales 

calves spend about one year in their mother's 

bellies.   Calves are about 25 feet long and 

weight about 3 tons when they are born.   Blue 

whale calve drink 150 gallons of milk a day 

for the first year of their lives.   The average 

life span of a blue whale is about 80 to 90 

years old.   An interesting fact is that the 

oldest living blue whale was determined to be 

around 110 years old.

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