Today we looked at EXTREME whales! We found out that the BLUE WHALE is the largest whale AND the largest known animal that has ever existed!! Here are some of the other facts that we learned:
1. Hecter's dolphins are the smallest cetaceans at 1.5 metres
2. Dwarf sperm whales are the smallest whales at 2.5 metres
3. The Blue whale is the largest whale at 35 metres
4. The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale at 15 metres
We then went outside and used a metre stick and chalk to measure the size of these amazing mammals!
Can you see Evie and Lucy jumping in the background? Well from Olivia (at the front) to the Evie and Lucy at the back is actually the length of a BLUE WHALE!
We found out that the ENTIRE class, lying head to toe, was still less then the length of a BLUE WHALE!
That's AMAZING!
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