What is being reported sure 4.11 Blue whale General The Blue Whale is largest whale and the largest living creature || information on Earth. Blue whales were hunted a lot for oil, baleen, meat, and |} ot what is other products from the 1930s to the 1960s. This hunting almost |] being caused the extinction of the species. They are now protected and || reported may gradually be returning in several areas. Habitat Blue whales are mainly found in very cold waters, like the Arctic ané Antarctio waters. They migrate to the tropias in the winter and to the Arctic and Antarctic in summer. - Blue whales can reach over 24 m (80 ft) long; mature females are usually a bit longer than mature males. They weigh between 87,500- \I Specitic 142,500 kg. The skin has a light grey and white spotty pattern, information | Diet | — Blue whales feed by opening its mouth into dense groups of IJ 4. ‘small sea creatures like plankton, krill or fish. Blue whales are mammals, They give birth once every two or ff Jeseription three years. Mating occurs during the summer season, and they give birth after about 11 months. The calf nurse for seven or eight months and gain weight about 90 kg (200 Ib) per day. Taken from: Microsoft ® Encarta @ 2006 migrate [mal grelt] kki mature [metjU«] ks dense [dens] ks calf [kArf] kb nurse [nats] kt gradually [grQdjUsli] ks Questions 1, What is the text about? 2. What isa blue whale? 3. Why are blue whales endangered? 4, Where do they live? 5. What do they eat? 6. How do they look like? 7. What do they eat? 8 When do they usually mate? 9. When do they reproduce? 10. How long does the calf nurse?