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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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Merrill pointed to a November 2022 study that estimated large baleen whales, such as blue whales, can consume up to 10 million microplastics each day.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Natural History Museum: No one can resist the allure of dining underneath the giant blue whale.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
The waters around Timor-Leste, located several hundred miles north of Australia, are known to be a hot spot for pygmy blue whales.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Unraveled end-to-end, the fruit fly brain’s neural wiring would stretch out to more than 490 feet, which is longer than four blue whales aligned nose-to-tail, per the New York Times’ Carl Zimmer.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Natural History Museum: No one can resist the allure of dining underneath the giant blue whale.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
The waters around Timor-Leste, located several hundred miles north of Australia, are known to be a hot spot for pygmy blue whales.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Unraveled end-to-end, the fruit fly brain’s neural wiring would stretch out to more than 490 feet, which is longer than four blue whales aligned nose-to-tail, per the New York Times’ Carl Zimmer.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Blue whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20whale. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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