Thinkabara🐳 Blue Whale Facts for Kids
🐾 Mammals Grades K–5
The blue whale is a meat-eating mammal that lives in the ocean. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived — bigger than any dinosaur.
🐳 Blue Whale fact file
- Scientific name
- Balaenoptera musculus
- Animal group
- Mammal
- Where it lives
- The ocean
- Habitat
- Every ocean except the Arctic
- Diet
- Carnivore (meat-eater) — Krill — tiny shrimp-like animals, several tons a day
- Size
- About 80 to 100 feet long
- Weight
- Up to about 300,000–400,000 lb (150–200 tons)
- Life span
- About 80–90 years
- Status
- Endangered
📏 A blue whale is about as long as three school buses.
⭐ 5 fun facts about blue whales
- The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived — bigger than any dinosaur.
- Its heart is about the size of a golf cart.
- Blue whales have no teeth. They gulp water and strain krill through plates called baleen.
- Their calls are among the loudest sounds made by any animal.
- A newborn blue whale is about 20–23 feet long.
Where do blue whales live?
Wild blue whales are found in the ocean. Every ocean except the Arctic. Many aquariums and marine sanctuaries help scientists study and protect them.
What do blue whales eat?
Blue whales are carnivores, which means they eat other animals. Their menu: krill — tiny shrimp-like animals, several tons a day.
Is the blue whale endangered?
Status: Endangered. That means there are few left in the wild and it needs protection to survive. You can help wild animals by learning about them, saving energy, cutting down on plastic and supporting zoos, aquariums and parks that protect wildlife.
Blue Whale quiz
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✏️ Write about the blue whale
1. The most surprising fact I learned is…
2. If I could ask a blue whale one question, I would ask…
3. Draw the blue whale in its habitat:
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Where do blue whales live?
Blue whales live in the ocean. Their habitat: Every ocean except the Arctic.
What do blue whales eat?
Blue whales are carnivores (meat-eater). They eat: Krill — tiny shrimp-like animals, several tons a day.
How big is a blue whale?
About 80 to 100 feet long. Weight: Up to about 300,000–400,000 lb (150–200 tons). A blue whale is about as long as three school buses.
How long do blue whales live?
About 80–90 years.
Is the blue whale endangered?
Its conservation status is: Endangered. That means there are few left in the wild and it needs protection to survive.
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