hello hello ! i am back again to tell you about our gorgeous oceanic giants: blue whales!
blue whales are not only the largest animal on the planet right now… they are the largest animal that has EVER lived on our planet. blue whales are larger than any species of dinosaur we have discovered (yes, jurassic park lied to all of us!!!!) they are so gigantic, in fact, that their tongues weigh as much as an elephant!
i found one source that said that a human could water slide through a blue whale’s heart- then saw another model that showed it smaller(the entire heart was about the size of a human). not much is known about blue whale hearts & i am choosing to believe we could water slide through ‘em; an alternative version of jonah & the whale, if you will.
(i actually really like when we, as humans, don’t know. in the age in information, it is refreshing to wonder!)( i also like when i don’t know & my factual accuracy is ultimately inconsequential. i like to choose to believe in the more magical version of things, when i can).
and while we are talking about whales….
when whales die, their carcass falls down to the ocean floor (referred to as a “whale fall” when it falls deeper than 1,000 meters) and serves as a feast for their oceanic brethren. their carcass can support an entire ecosystem for decades when it falls into the deep sea! deep sea dwellers don’t mess around with resources.