Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Blue whales



Okay, sure, you know blue whales are big, but do you know how big they REALLY are?

They’re bigger than any dinosaur that ever lived. The largest blue whales are estimated at 200 tons, while the largest known dinosaur was 99 tons.

A blue whale’s lungs can hold 1300 gallons of air.

Its tongue weighs 3 tons.

Its skull is about 20 feet long.

Its heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.

A baby blue whale is born the size of an adult hippo and drinks 100 GALLONS of milk a day. My four month old daughter drinks approx. 24-28 OUNCES a day.

Blue whales need 1.3 million calories a day. You probably need about 2000.

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