BLUE WHALE

About: 

• Common Name: Blue whale; Baleine bleue (Fr); Ballena azul (Sp).
  
  
• Scientific Name: Balaenoptera musculus.
  
  
• Location: they are found in all oceans except enclosed seas and the Arctic.
  
  
• Size: The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed. they can weigh up to 200 tonnes (whereas an adult male African elephant weighs 6 tonnes).
  
  
• Voice: Blue whales are the loudest animals on earth and their calls are louder than a jet engine: reaching 188 decibels, while a jet's engine hit 'just' 140 decibels.
  
  
• Colour: Blue whales are a lightly mottled blue-grey, with light grey or yellow-white undersides.
  
  
• Population: 10,000-25,000 individuals
  
  
• IUCN Status: Endangered
  
  
• In India, the blue whale falls in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.