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Blue Whale Got this Blue Whale breaching, not sure how big this one was, probably at least 20 meters in length and they can grow up to 30 meters length! Balaenoptera musculus,Blue whale,Geotagged,Mirissa,Sri Lanka,Whale,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Blue Whale

Got this Blue Whale breaching, not sure how big this one was, probably at least 20 meters in length and they can grow up to 30 meters length!

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The Blue whale

The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . At 30 metres in length and 170 tonnes or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed.

Long and slender, the blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. There are at least three distinct subspecies: ''B. m. musculus'' of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, ''B. m. intermedia'' of the Southern Ocean and ''B. m. brevicauda'' found in.. more

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Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 28, 2016. Captured Feb 12, 2014 11:30 in Udupila Road, Weligama, Sri Lanka.
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  • NIKON D5200
  • f/5.3
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO400
  • 240mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.