Blue Whale Beast
By: Mihir Wadhwa
Introduction
The Massive blue whale is the world’ animal in the world! Can you believe that the blue is actually 75-100 long and weighs 150 tons!? I will tell you about appearance,diet, and habitat!
Apperance
This majestic critter in the sea has a spectacular appearance! The length of this blue beast is 75-100 feet long! That is about 3 school buses together! The average weight for the blue whale is 200,000 tons! that is equivalent to the weight of 800 grand pianos! In addition to this, it toothless and it has a strainer. The specific colors are blue and grey. There lighter color variations all around the whale's body. Barnacles also stick to the whales.
Diet
The big blue whale has a carnivorous diet! The eat shrimp like organisms called krill and shrimp. Not only that but it also eats plankton and algae. The blue whale uses a strainer to grab its food . Its hard to believe that the Blue whale is so big and uses stealth to capture its prey. plus I found out that a single blue whale can consume up to 8 tons of krill s day! Yet, they consume very little urine and droppings.
Habitat
Now I am going to tell you about the blue beast’s habitat. They can be found in small groups in all the oceans but, Blue whales can be found most in the southern hemisphere. in the Northern Hemisphere they are found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coasts of Monterey and Baja California. The largest of blue whales live in the Southern Ocean and near Antarctica.
Conclusion
Those are the facts I learned about the massive and gigantic blue whale. I hope you liked this paper about the Big Baleen Whale’s diet, habitat, and appearance.
Chef's Corner
Lamingtons
This is the recipe for lamingtons.
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter, room temperature
¾ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, room temperature
½ cup milk
This is the recipe for icing.
4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
⅓ cocoa powder, sifted
2 tablespoons butter, melted
½ cup warm milk
1 pound unsweetened dried coconut
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x12-inch pan.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Beat 1/2 cup butter and 3/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add the room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla with the last egg. Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated.
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Wrap with plastic wrap and store overnight at room temperature to give the cake a chance to firm up before slicing.
To make the icing: In a large bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Add the melted butter and warm milk and mix well to create a fluid, but not too runny, icing.
Cut the cake into 24 squares. Place parchment paper or waxed paper on a work surface, and set a wire rack on the paper. Pour the shredded coconut into a shallow bowl. Using a fork, dip each square into the icing, coating all sides, then roll it in the coconut. Place onto rack to dry. Continue until all lamingtons are coated.
Facts about Lamingtons
They are called the cakes of Australia.
Lord Lamington created these cakes
They originated in Queensland
Lamingtons are popular all around the world
Sources:
WWW.Top 40 Australian foods.com
WWW.allrecipes.com