In one room, a projection gives visitors the impression that a blue whale is swimming next to them while they feel vibrations from its calls, which are partly outside the range of human hearing.

The heart of a blue whale, ... But the main artery was barely big enough for a human head, ... and used a 20-foot pole to stick the heart monitor next to a flipper. The tag stayed. The whale ...

It takes a big heart to power a creature that size; while not actually large enough for a human to swim through, as an urban myth claims, one beached blue whale's heart weighed in at 400 pounds ...

A blue whale's heart alone can weigh as much as a car, around 400 pounds (180 kg). Despite their massive size, they can swim at speeds of up to 30 kilometres per hour (19 miles per hour).

Stunning Video Shows Lucky Diver Swimming Next to Blue Whale in Maldives. Natalie Hoage. July 15, 2024 at 8:00 AM. ... The blue whale didn't seem to mind the human being next to it at all.

Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of the baleen whales — the blue whale — measures in at a staggering 31 meters (102 feet) and 190 tons (210 short tons).

Blue whales are endangered, confined to a shrinking habitat rife with collision hazards, cacophonous underwater noises, and human-made pollutants that accumulate in their flesh.

The blue whale has long been considered the largest known animal ever to have lived. ... The bones are shown next to a representation of a human for scale.

In 1865, a young blue whale beached on the rocks of Askim Bay, not far from the city of Göteborg. In those heady days, beached whales were not generally rescued but slaughtered, and such was the ...

Blue whale foraging and reproduction are related to environmental conditions, study shows. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 22, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 02 / 230228154516.htm ...