Blue Whales Facts

It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!

A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.

Baby blue whales grow at an average rate of 10 pounds per hour

The blue whale's call reaches 188 decibels, making it one of the loudest sounds produced by any animal and can be heard over 1,000 miles away

Blue whale hearts weigh about 400 pounds and are roughly the size of a small car. Their aorta is so large that a small human could crawl through it.