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blue whale
noun
: a very large baleen whale (Balaenoptera musculus synonym Sibbaldus musculus) that may reach a weight of 150 tons (136 metric tons) and a length of 100 feet (30 meters) and is generally considered the largest living animal
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On June 8, the group got a chance to see another blue whale, McClatchy News reported.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
It has been called the world’s largest invisible island as it is formed by a massive plateau, in some spots barely hidden under 30 feet of water, offering safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Songs from blue whales showed a different pattern, with detections declining significantly when populations of krill — their sole source of food — dropped, the authors wrote in The Conversation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
That is equivalent to stacking 85,000 blue whales onto a teaspoon.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
It has been called the world’s largest invisible island as it is formed by a massive plateau, in some spots barely hidden under 30 feet of water, offering safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Songs from blue whales showed a different pattern, with detections declining significantly when populations of krill — their sole source of food — dropped, the authors wrote in The Conversation.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
That is equivalent to stacking 85,000 blue whales onto a teaspoon.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Blue whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20whale. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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