Blue whale

The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale parvorder, Mysticeti . [5] At up to 29.9 metres (98 ft) [6] in length and with a maximum recorded weight of 173 tonnes (190 short tons ), [6] it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. [7] [8]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale parvorder, Mysticeti . [5] At up to 29.9 metres (98 ft) [6] in length and with a maximum recorded weight of 173 tonnes (190 short tons ), [6] it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. [7] [8]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ). [3] At up to 29.9 metres (98 ft) [4] in length and with a maximum recorded weight of 173 tonnes (190 short tons ) [4] and probably reaching over 181 tonnes (200 short tons ), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. [5] [6]

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2. Description and behaviour

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9. References

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ). [3] At up to 30 metres (98 ft) [4] [5] in length and with a maximum recorded weight of 173 tonnes (191 short tons ) [5] [6] and probably reaching over 181 tonnes (200 short tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. [7] [8]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ). [9] At 30 metres (98 ft) [10] in length and 180 tonnes (200 short tons ) [11] or more in weight, it is the largest extant animal and is the heaviest known to have existed. [12]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ). [3] At 30 metres (98 ft) [4] in length and 190 tonnes (210 short tons ) [5] or more in weight, it is the largest existing animal and the heaviest that ever existed. [6]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales ( Mysticeti ). [3] At 30 metres (98 ft) [4] in length and 170 tonnes (190 short tons ) [5] or more in weight, it is the largest known animal ever to have existed. [6]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti ). [3] At 30 metres (98 ft) [4] in length and 180 tonnes (200 short tons ) [5] or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed. [6]

2011

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti ). [3] At 30 metres (98 ft) [4] in length and 180 metric tons (200 short tons ) [5] or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed. [6]

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The Blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti ). [3] At over 33 metres (108 ft) in length and 180 metric tons (200 short tons ) [4] or more in weight, it is the largest animal ever known to have existed. [5]

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti ). [3] At up to 32.9 metres (108 ft) in length and 172 metric tons (190 short tons ) [4] or more in weight, it is the largest animal ever to have existed. [5]

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The Blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti). [3] At up to 33.6 metres (110 ft 2.5 in) in length and 181 metric tonnes (200  short tons ) or more in weight, it is the largest whale and, hence, the largest living animal and is believed to be the largest animal ever to have existed. [4] [5]

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The Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (Mysticeti). [3] At up to 33  metres (110  ft ) in length and 181 metric tonnes (200  short tons ) or more in weight, it is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived. [4] [5]

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The Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . At up to 30 metres (98 feet ) in length and 177 metric tonnes (196 short tons ) or more in weight, it is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth, [2] though some recent dinosaur discoveries may contradict this long-held belief.

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The Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . Blue Whales are believed to be the largest animal ever confirmed to have lived, at up to 30 metres (100 feet ) in length and 140 tonnes (150 short tons ) or more in weight.

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The Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whales suborder. They are filter-feeders, using their baleen to strain plankton out of the seawater. The Blue Whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, at up to 30 meters in length and 150 tons or more in weight.

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The Blue Whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whales suborder. They are filter-feeders, using their baleen to strain plankton out of the seawater. The Blue Whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, at up to 30 meters in length and 150 tons or more in weight. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758 .

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The blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ) belongs to the baleen whales suborder. It is the largest living animal, and the largest mammal ever to have lived on Earth. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758.