Balaenoptera Musculus – The Largest Mammal on Ear

aenoptera musculus is actually a type of blue whale where it comes from the family called Balaenopteridae and the type called Balaenoptera. The word ‘musculus’ indicates its species. This is a mammal that lives in the oceans. The average weight for this mammal is around 180 metric tons and the length is about 33 meters. Based on these figures, it is also known as the largest mammal in the world.

Blue whale is actually in the species of Balaenoptera which is known [url=http://www.newugg-boot.co.uk/]Ugg Boots UK[/url] as humpback grayish-blue whale. The bottom part of their flippers is usually white [url=http://www.newugg-boot.co.uk/]www.newugg-boot.co.uk/[/url] or light grey color. Balaenoptera musculus is unique with a slim and long body. The color of this mammal is not totally blue as it has some [url=http://www.newugg-boot.co.uk/]Ugg Boots[/url] grey color spot as well. This whale has [url=http://www.newugg-boot.co.uk/]Ugg Boots Outlet[/url] paired blowholes with sharp snout. During feeding, the throat channels allow their throat to expand significantly and suck in tons of small fishes and swallow through their broad and short baleen plates.

There are three major subspecies of different locations. From the North Pacific and North Atlantic, we have B. m. musculus and from the the Southern Ocean, we have B. m. intermedia. B. m. brevicauda can be found in the South Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. Blue whale from Indian Ocean is called Balaenoptera musculus indica. This type of whale is plentiful in most of the oceans and the number is decreasing when people start to wildly hunt for this blue whale. In year 1966, International community had decided to protect this species and thus no hunting was allowed since then.

They are commonly found in a big group or at least in a pair. They are strong and fast swimmers and capable to reach as fast as 50 kph at a time. They love so sing as well in the oceans. These giant whales are active and they can be playful as well.

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