Humpback whales

The humpback whale is known for it’s amazing whale song.Full grown males grow up to about 52 feet (16 meters).females are slightly larger at  16-17 meters (52-56 feet).Their diet consists of krill,plankton, and other small fish such as herring, mackerel, caplin, and sand eel.  Humpbacks inhabit all major oceans.On a conservation scale, They are a LC,(least concerning).Humpbacks are long and black with a white tail fin. Their babies, (otherwise known as a calf), are 14 feet long, (4.3  meters) and weigh about  2.3 tons!

Blue whales

a photo of a blue whale

The blue whale is an endangered species that can be found in all the world’s oceans. This whale like many others has baleen. The blue whale first gulps in enormous amounts of water, and then filters out all the water through its baleen. Blue whales have around 300 baleen plates.  After the water is filtered out, thousands of krill are left behind. Krill are tiny microscopic creatures. Krill is the main food in a whales diet. An adult blue whale can eat up to 40 million krill a day. That weighs about the same as two average cars!  Blue whales can grow up to 82-105 feet in length.