National Geographic brings to us this replica of a baby blue whale, now being exhibited at the activity center in Market Market. Some of the interesting trivia I learned at the exhibit....
... that these mammals are the largest ever to inhabit the earth.. that they can grow to up to a hundred feet (lengthwise, that is approximately two city buses from bumper to bumper or longer than an NBA basektball court)
... that they can weigh up to 200 tons (equivalent to 25 full grown Asian elephants combined or about 2,557 humans)
.... that they have a heart as big as a Mini Cooper weighing close to 450 kilos ( a human can actually crawl thru its major arteries)
.... that they consume an average of 4 tons of tiny shrimp-like animals in a day equivalent to about 64,000 hamburgers!
Interesting!
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