Big Blue Whale
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- How do blue whales find their way around in deep water?
- Whales use their sense of hearing and touch in deep water.
- How does the blue whale feed?
- The blue whale eats time krill by swallowing a large swarm and trapping them on its baleen plates.
- Do you think the blue whale is a lonely animal? Why or why not?
- Blue whales are not lonely because they sometimes swim in groups and they communicate through humming.
- What is the main idea of this selection?
- The blue whale, the largest creature on Earth, is a mammal with very interesting characteristics.
- adult
- having grown to full size; mature
- vast
- very great in size; huge
- swallow
- to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
- feast
- to eat heartily
- calm
- not moving; still
- mammal
- warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk and has a backbone and hair