Kelly R., Rebecca H., Jasmine G., Nik M., Hugo A.

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Blue Whale

• Kelly R., Rebecca H., Jasmine G., Nik M., Hugo A.

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Description of the Blue Whale

• The Blue Whale has a light bluish-gray top
  and is dotted with gray or grayish white. Its
  belly is sometimes yellow. The dorsal fin is
  extremely small and it looks like a triangle. It
  has an oval blow hole.

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Habitat of the Blue Whale

• The blue whales habitat is open water.

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Why the Blue Whale is Endangered

• The Blue Whale is endangered because they
  were hunted by whalers almost to extinction.
  Hunting the species was outlawed by the
  International community in 1966.

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Interesting Facts about the Blue Whale

• Some interesting facts about the Blue Whale
  are
• -The Blue Whale raises its blowhole out of the
  water farther than other large whales, which is a
  way to identify the Blue Whale.

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What we think can be done to help the Blue Whale

• We think that in order to help the Blue
  Whale we need to keep ocean water clean and
  litter free.

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Blue Whale Research Websites

• http//www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp
  ?allSpeciesysearchTextblue20whalecurGroupID5
  lgfromWherecurPageNum1
• http//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account
  s/information/Balaenoptera_musculus.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale
• http//www.acsonline.org/factpack/bluewhl.htm
• http//www.earthwindow.com/blue.html

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Blue Whale Pictures