Mighty Blue Whales
By Ariana Adams
Introduction
Amazing Appearance
This huge undersea dwellers appearance is truly outstanding. This blue mammal can grow 82-105 feet long. On average it can weigh 120-160 tons. This unique animals heart is the size of a Volkswagen bug! A Blue Whale has two blowholes. The female is bigger than the male. This ocean dweller can be blue, gray, white, or black. They are mostly a blue-gray color. On the gigantic creatures stomach there are brown, yellow,and gray specks. This happens because in the cold waters, diatoms another organism, stick to their stomachs leaving those colors. The Blue Whales skin is as smooth as a silk pillow. The flippers on a Blue Whale are 8 feet long and their tails are 25 feet wide. This huge animal has an outstanding appearance!
Divine Diet
This sea swimmer has an interesting diet. The Blue Whale eats mainly krill, plankton, and small fish. This creature is a carnivore even though it doesn't have proper teeth This blue creature has 50-70 pleats on its throat, that lets the whale open its mouth wide, so it can take a giant gulp of water with krill, plankton, and small fish. After that, the Whale expels the water, but the food is on the 320 pairs of baleen plates. Then, the giant mammal swallows the food. Statistics show that the Blue Whale eats 2,000-9,000 pounds of plankton every day in the cold waters. However, in the warmer waters the hardly eat anything. This stunning animal has a divine diet!
Facinating Habitat
This mammoth creature has unique habitats. Blue Whales are found in all of the world's oceans . For this reason the balaenoptera musculus is found in even the Arctic and Antarctic waters. They migrate two times a year. In the summer, they are in cold,arctic waters, but in the winter they are in warmer waters. I will never forget the time we could of gone on a whale watching trip. It was no ordinary trip because there were Blue Whales spotted for the first time in twenty years in Monterey Bay on the California coast. They can also be spotted on the Melbourne and Adelaide coasts of Australia in January to May every year. The habitat of this creature is out of this world!
Conclusion
In conclusion this mighty dweller is an outstanding creature. It has a marvelous appearance, a stupendous diet, and a wonderful habitat. The Blue Whale Is a mammal that is simply spectacular!
Diorama
Go Fish
Chef's Corner
Grilled Kangaroo
Grilled kangaroo is a meal that they eat in Australia. You can eat grilled kangaroo with many different vegetables. They can be seasoned with garlic, pepper, Juniper, and rosemary. You can also eat it with fruits such as plums, red currant, and orange.
Ingredients:
4 kangaroo fillets
5 whole star anise
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup of sichuan pepper
2 tablespoons peanut oil
Recipe:
Grind star anise into fine powder with a mortar and pestle. Lightly grind sichuan pepper (enough to break the pieces down to around a quarter of their original size).
Mix all ingredients and marinate for at least 2 hours – overnight if possible.
Sear on one side for about 30 seconds. Turn and leave for 3 minutes. Turn again and leave for another 3 minutes.
Cover and rest meat for around 8 minutes. If resting in the oven, reduce time on the grill by a minute each side.
History:
Kangaroo was a main source of protein for the local Aboriginal tribes that lived in Australia. People were not allowed to eat kangaroo meat until 1980. If you did hunt kangaroo and kill it to eat it, that would then be considered as poaching before the law was passed. Now so many people eat kangaroo meat.
When is it eaten:
It is mainly eaten during lunch and dinner.