• throughout all oceans

Diet

• eats euphausiids

Description

• 19-22.3 meters in length
• weighs 45-75 tons
• 520-950 baleen plates
• plates max of 90 cm
• 55-100 throat grooves
• 6 meter blow
• dorsal fin 2/3 of the way down their back
• identified by their pointed head

Behavior

• dives max of 300 meters
• travels in groups of 6-10
• communicate through the following:
• breaching
• moans
• pulses
• clicks
• grunts

Population

• 50-100 thousand
• not endangered, but vulnerable

Longevity

• about 60 years

Human influence

• as blue whale population went down, whalers went to the nest largest whale, the fin whale
• not legally protected until 1976

Other

• 2^nd largest creature on earth