are blue whales really blue?
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Although blue whales are thought to have a deep blue color, when they are at the surface of the water they actually appear grey. ... Blue whales are really a lightly mottled blue-grey, with light grey or yellow-white undersides.
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Orca calves are born black and peachy-orange in colour; they're not born black and white. Scientists theorize that this is because calves are not born with a thick layer of blubber, therefore blood vessels near the surface of the skin result in this colour pattern.
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Image via ancientmarinermusings. Pure ice is blue because ice absorbs more red light than blue light. Most icebergs appear white or blue when floating in seawater, but since the early 1900s explorers and sailors have reported seeing peculiar green icebergs around certain parts of Antarctica.
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Beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins are related—they are both cetaceans, meaning they are in the whale family with orcas and narwhals. ... Belugas will imitate people, other animals and other sounds they hear. They are sometimes even called "sea canaries" because of how they sing.
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The Blue Bay is not a WOLF HYBRID as they have only one parent with any wolf heritage with the closest wolf in that heritage being 6 generations back on one side of the bloodline only. Once we are breeding Blue Bay to Blue Bay the ancestry will be 7 or more generations removed.
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Whales are the largest animals on Earth and they live in every ocean. The massive mammals range from the 600-pound dwarf sperm whale to the colossal blue whale, which can weigh more than 200 tons and stretch up to 100 feet long—almost as long as a professional basketball court.
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The Blue Lagoon has a unique turquoise blue color, for what it is known for, this is caused by algae and silica, the same as found in the blue waters of Mývatn Nature Baths. The Secret lagoon has more regular clear water. The water in both places is around 40°c (104 Fahrenheit).
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The whale watching season in San Diego is split into two parts: You can spot gray whales in winter and spring. Usually from mid-December until late April. Blue whale sightings are possible in the summer from May to August. You can see Humpback whales, fin whales, and minke whales year-round.
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There are 14 species of baleen whale including the blue, bowhead, right, humpback, minke and grey whale. ... These bristly baleen plates filter, sift, sieve or trap the whales' favourite prey from seawater inside their mouths.
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A true Blue Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog) is Blue, White and Brown in color (some may say Black instead of Blue) and they are born with a tail; some tails are cropped after birth. Now for the a very similar breed of dog that is born without a tail and does not have any brown, only blue and white in color.
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As a general rule, whale milk is rich in fats and comes in very large quantities! ... Blue whale mothers can produce 200 litres of milk per day with a fat content of 35-50%. That enables a blue whale calf to gain weight at the incredible rate of 100kg per day!
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The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale suborder Mysticeti. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 feet) and weight of 173 tonnes (190 tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed.
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The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, weighing as much as 200 tons (approximately 33 elephants). The blue whale has a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Its stomach can hold one ton of krill and it needs to eat about four tons of krill each day.
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First thing's first: all dolphins are whales, but not all whales are dolphins. That's because the Cetacean order of sea animals encompasses dolphins, porpoises and what we think of as whales.
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Unlike whales, sharks are not mammals but belong to a group of cartilaginous fishes. ... Just as the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest living mammal*, the whale shark is the largest species of any fish, known to reach more than 40 feet in length.
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They're considered one of the largest whale species in the world. They have an average length of 15 to 18 m (49 to 59 ft) but have been reported up to 20 m (65 ft), and can weigh up to 100 tonnes (220,462 lb).