The Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is able to stretch its mouth cavity along specially designed groves on its throat to take in its own weight in water, so a 90 ton whale could take in 90 tons of water! Once a Blue whale has filled up they will filter the water for krill (a small shrimp-like crustacean), then let the water out and mow down on some tasty krill, 6-7 tons a day to be exact!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9265000/9265623.stm
http://www.eol.org/pages/328574
wow!
This is the biggest mammal in the world
That’s a lot of water!
thats a lot
Isn’t the blue whale the biggest mammal in the world? If so, it is obvi that they would have the biggest mouth right? I def wouldnt want to get in its way
the blue whale will only eat you on accident. p.s the whale would have had a tummy ache
6-7 tons is not exact):
biggest mammal in the world dang i wonder how big they are when there babies
malachi1 great question, when baby Blue whales are born they are 7-8 m long and they pack on the pounds fast! Gaining up to 90 kg in body weight a day.
that’s huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!