Website: https://goo.gl/LTKDHK

Discovery Animals Wildlife for king of oceans blue whale.

The blue whale (balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales (mysticeti). At as much as 30 metres (98 ft) in length and with a most recorded weight of 173 tonnes (191 brief lots)  and probable achieving over 181 tonnes (200 brief lots), it is the most important animal acknowledged to have ever existed.



Long and narrow, the blue whale's body can be various sun shades of bluish-gray dorsally and somewhat lighter under. There are at least three awesome subspecies: b. M. Musculus of the north atlantic and north pacific, b. M. Intermedia of the southern ocean and b. M. Brevicauda (additionally called the pygmy blue whale) determined within the indian ocean and south pacific ocean. B. M. Indica, determined in the indian ocean, may be some other subspecies. As with different baleen whales, its weight loss plan consists almost completely of small crustaceans known as krill.



Blue whales were abundant in almost all the oceans on this planet until the start of the 20th century. For over a century, they had been hunted nearly to extinction via whalers till protected by way of the international network in 1966. A 2002 record estimated there were five,000 to twelve,000 blue whales international, in as a minimum 5 groups. The iucn estimates that there are probably among 10,000 and 25,000 blue whales worldwide these days. Earlier than whaling, the largest populace changed into within the antarctic, numbering approximately 239,000 (range 202,000 to 311,000). There continue to be only an awful lot smaller (round 2,000) concentrations in each of the eastern north pacific, antarctic, and indian ocean companies. There are  extra organizations in the north atlantic, and at least two within the southern hemisphere. As of 2014, the japanese north pacific blue whale population has rebounded to nearly its pre-looking populace.

This is a film - Animal Planet Documentary.

Please like and subscribe channel.

Thanks for watching.