It's only been days since the entire British public was enthralled by the appearance of a Blue Whale on camera just off the Californian Coast, but it appears that they've been following us to the UK! In fact, this blue whale made an appearance 250 miles off the south west coast of the UK, which is actually a relatively small distance as far as scientists are concerned. Many Oceanographers have actually said they think it's one of the first images they've been able to capture since the Blue Whale was hunted to near extinction many years ago. The Oceanographers who saw the whale where actually doing a marine mammal survey when they saw seven fin whales when one of the researchers spotted the whale about a kilometer away from the boat.
Blue Whales are probably the biggest mammal which has ever lived on Earth - with one huge krill obsession! In one single day, they can consume about 3,600kg of krill! They spend most of their time underwater when they're diving for krill, then surface every few minutes to take a breath - lets face it, Blue Whales are AMAZING!
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