The blue whale is not only the largest living animal but probably the largest creature the world has ever known. One of greatest recorded lengths for a blue whale is 33.58m (110ft, 2.5ins).

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Image: Blue Whale by GrrlScientist

Information sourced from:

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Balaenoptera musculus [online],
Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0 [accessed 22/08/2015].

World Wildlife Fund (2015), Blue Whale [online], Available from: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/about/blue_whale/
[accessed 22/08/2015].

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