Hello,
my name is Janna. I truly love all
animals and wildlife, and have always wanted to make a difference in the world
in trying to protect and save them. Yet
my heart tilts in a special way towards marine life, so that back when I was in
elementary school, in music class I tried to persist in always saying, “My name
is Miss Porpoise”. Being blind, deaf and
unable to walk makes it difficult to be as involved and active as I would like
in their conservation so I decided to start a blog to educate and encourage
others to do so as well. There is strength and power in numbers. I would like to start with the Blue Whale.
ABOUT
THE BLUE WHALE
Blue whales are the largest animals to have lived on
Earth, larger than dinosaurs. They can grow to 100 feet long, which is the same
as about 3 school buses and weigh up to 200 tons, the same as 33 elephants.
Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant. Their hearts, as much as
an automobile.
Blue whales, which weigh as much as 33
elephants, must eat 4 tons of krill a day. They
eat krill, very tiny shrimp like animals, eating up to 4 tons a day by gulping
large volumes of water and then letting it back out its mouth through its
baleen bristles which hold in the krill while the water goes out.
Blue whales are one of the loudest animals. They give
off moans and pulses to communicate that can be heard more than 500 miles away.
They
live to be 80-90 years old. Their age is
determined by counting the layers of ear wax.
They
were hunted so much in the 1900s by whalers seeking whale oil that they nearly
became extinct. They finally came under protection with the 1966 International
Whaling Commission, but they still have a way to go to rebuild their population
to regard them out of danger. Words could
never encompass the damage of pollution, which majorly threatens our
pricelessly dear blue whales. And climate change threatens their population as
well because it affects their prey.
We
can help by donating to the Great Whale Conservancy: http://www.greatwhaleconservancy.org/
or
to Save the Whales at:
and
Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society at
