1. Anouska & Tyler http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/planetocean/gallery/blue_whale_top.gif http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/sound01/backgro und/seasounds/media/nepblue.html NOTICE: The following presentation contains copyrighted materials used under the Multimedia Guidelines and Fair Use exemptions of U.S. Copyright law. Further use is prohibited. 4 Apr. 2012.

2. Species Name Blue Whales’ common name is Blue Whale. Blue Whales’ scientific name is Balaenoptera Musculus. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/images/ic/credit/640x395/b/bl/blue _whale/blue_whale_1.jpg

3. Habitat They live in all oceans. They live on coasts’ of Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/bluewhale/bluewhale.html# http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=2477

4. Threat Level The Blue Whale is an Endangered Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2477/0

5. How Many Are Left? The blue whale has only about 5,000 left of it’s species and is reducing still. http://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/blue-whale-mother-calf-aerial-picture-02301-343723.jpg

6. The Threats The threats to this species is whaling and pollution. http://www.thebirdguide.com/pelagics/images/blue_whale_2_guy_20061014.jpg

7. The Positive Efforts The positive efforts scientists, conservations, people too is that commercial whaling has been called off! http://www.oceanlight.com/photo/blue-whale-mother-calf-aerial-03350.jpg

8. Unique Features Largest living mammal on earth! A blue’s tongue fits 50 people http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/29/29FBD636-C0FA-4B03-93C5- 7BE1CD082FF3/Presentation.Large/Blue-whale-feeding-with-pectoral-flipper- raised.jpg

9. Connected By….. If blue whales’ became extinct then there would be an overpopulation of krill and shrimp http://img.webme.com/pic/p/pamela-siddell/bluewhale2.jpg

10. How Scientists Study? They dive down Take pictures http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/images/09 0304-newborn-baby-blue-whale-missions_big.jpg

11. Scientists Get Close… Scientists get close to a Blue Whale by getting onto a small boat with radiators. http://events.nationalgeographic.com/media/images/photos/BlueWh ales1-tp_jpg_610x343_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

12. Fun facts A blue whales’ heart weighs’ more than a car Blue whales travel in pairs http://www.geekosystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blue-whale- heart.jpeg

13. Fun facts Females are 32 more feet than males Reaching 188 decibels higher than humans can hear http://www.isequal.com/blue_whale/blue_whale_tyrannosaurus_rex__(theropo d_dinosaur)1.jpg

14. Works Consulted “Blue Whales.” PebbleGo. www.pebblego.com. April 10, 2012 "Blue Whale." Groiler World Encyclopedia. Panbury, Connecticut: Sherman Turnpike, 1993. 37,38,39. Print. Bannister, Reilly. Balaenoptera Muculus. IUCN, 27 Mar. 2012. Web. 1 Jan. World Wildlife Fund. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.

15. Images http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/planetocean/gallery/blue_whale_top.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/images/ic/credit/640x395/b/bl/blue_whale/blue_whale_1.jpg http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/bluewhale/bluewhale.html# http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/bluewhale/bluewhale.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/images/ic/credit/640x395/b/bl/blue_whale/blue_whale_1.jpg http :// maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=2477 http:// www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2477/0 http://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/blue-whale-mother-calf-aerial- picture-02301-343723.jpg http :// www.thebirdguide.com/pelagics/images/blue_whale_2_guy_2006101 4.jpg http://www.oceanlight.com/photo/blue-whale-mother-calf-aerial-03350.jpg http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/29/29FBD636-C0FA-4B03-93C5- 7BE1CD082FF3/Presentation.Large/Blue-whale-feeding-with-pectoral- flipper-raised.jpg http:// img.webme.com/pic/p/pamela-siddell/bluewhale2.jpg http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/images/090304- newborn-baby-blue-whale-missions_big.jpg http:// events.nationalgeographic.com/media/images/photos/BlueWhales1 -tp_jpg_610x343_crop_upscale_q85.jpg http:// www.geekosystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/blue-whale- heart.jpeg http://www.isequal.com/blue_whale/blue_whale_tyrannosaurus_r ex__(theropod_dinosaur)1.jpg