Friday, March 23, 2018

Blue Whale


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

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