Power Point Presentation on Blue Whales

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Power Point PresentationonBlue Whales

• By
• Sheik Aslam

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References

• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/s
  pecies/Bluewhale.shtml
• http//www.earthwindow.com/blue.html
• http//www.wiv.com/whales/bluewhales.html
• Art clip
• Sound clip

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BLUE WHALE
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Briefly about blue whale

• Is a mammal.
• Is the largest animal that ever lived on Earth.
• Are the loudest animal on Earth.
• Has blue- gray skin with white spots.
• Have pleated throat grooves, and have 50 to 70
  throat grooves that run from throat to mid-body.
• Average length is 80 feet.
• Weigh about 120 tons.
• Eats on average about 4,000pounds of food per
  day.
• Life span is about 35 40 years.
• Live individually or in small pods, and
  frequently swim in pairs.
• Predators are killer whales and used to be man.
• About 2,500 to 5,000 left.
• Is an endangered species.

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Diet of a Blue Whale

• Krill
• Plankton
• Small fish
• copepods

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Fluke Display

• Can dive for an hour going to a depth of 350
  feet.

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Blue Whale Spouting

• It breathes air at the surface of the water
  through 2 blow holes.
• Breathe about 1 4 times per minute at rest
• Breathe 5-12 times per minute after a deep dive.

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A Blue Whale Dwarfs A Diver
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A Blue Whale Cow

• . A blue whale female is larger than a blue whale
  male.
• . Largest ever found was 96 feet long and weighed
  174 pounds.
• . It reproduces every 2 to 3 years.
• . The gestation period is about 11 12 months.
• . The baby is nurtured with its mothers fat
  laden milk.

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A Juvenile Blue Whale

• They stay with their mothers until they are 45
  feet long.
• They mature in 10 to 15 years.

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Habitat

• Live at the surface of the ocean.
• Found in all the oceans of the world.

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A Blue Whale At Sunset
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The End