Blue Whale, Largest Animal in the World is Still Alive

Do you know what the biggest animal in the world who are still alive so that it can be seen directly and studied for materials research and knowledge?

No other is the Blue Whale (Blue Whale)


Blue Whales are mammals warm-blooded, breathe with lungs, give birth and breastfeed her child. These marine mammals have a measure of weight and volume outstanding.

Blue whales in English often referred to as the Blue Whale, Pygmy Blue Whale, Sibbald's Rorqual, Sulphur-bottom Whale. Meanwhile, in Latin, named after the blue whale Balaenoptera musculus.

Linnaeus gave the name of a blue whale with the genus name is derived from the Latin word balaena which means "whale" and pteron Greek word which means "fin" or "wings." The name of the species, musculus, is short for the Latin word mus meaning "rat". The word "musculus" can also be interpreted as "muscle".


Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal enters the suborder Pope Balin. Blue whales have long, oval body with a body length reaches 33 meters and weight (mass) up to 181 tons or more. With this size blue whale believed to be the largest animal that ever existed in the world. Blue Whale Habitat spread almost all over the ocean until well into the 20th century. For over 40 years whales were hunted almost to extinction, since 1966 is protected by the international community. In 2002 there were an estimated 5,000 to 12,000 Blue Whales worldwide located in at least five groups. Before whaling, its largest population was in the Antarctic, numbering approximately 239,000 birds.

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The color blue whale's back is dominated by blue-green or gray with a thin white border. While in the stomach has a lighter color. Head and tail is generally gray.

The blue whale has a flat U-shaped At the top of the head there is a hole to suck the oxygen and disposing of carbon dioxide. When breathing, the pope issued a stunning burst of vertical columns (such as fountains) with a height of 12 meters. The lungs are the blue whale can hold up to 5000 liters of air.

The Pope has a sense of touch and hearing are sharp. He knows the direction in the water by following the sound echoes made. Besides as a navigation tool, the resulting sound is believed also as a form of communication between the members and to detect prey.

The world's largest animal feeding her child like any other mammals. The difference is the blue whale's milk is somewhat different from what we know. The shape is somewhat dense and very fatty. Parent whales have special muscles around the mammary gland. When a whale is moving a muscle, the resulting pressure makes the parent is able to squirt the milk directly into baby's mouth.