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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The History It made an impact. The blue whale's heart is thesize of a Volkswagen Beetle. It is the largest animalever known to have existed. Blue Whale Fun Facts! Blue whales have a lifespan averageof 80 years. That's longer than theaverage American citizen! The Effects Blue Whales rangefrom 10 to 100 feet long weighclose to 200 tons! Whaling of Blue Whales: Blue whales have been hunted nearly to extinction for over a century. It all began in 1864 when the Norwegians released a steamboatequipped with harpoons for catching whales that humanshad never been able to capture before. For the longest time people were relying on smaller whales like Sperm Whales tosell for their parts. People could make a boat load of money off of the oil that could be made from whale blubber. With a bigger whale, even more resources came out of it. Once word of these harpoonsgot out, soon the whole world was hunting Blue Whales. Blue whales have been hunted nearly to extinction for over a century. It all began in 1864 when the Norwegians released a steamboatequipped with harpoons for catching whales that humanshad never been able to capture before. For the longest time people were relying on smaller whales like Sperm Whales tosell for their parts. People could make a boat load of money off of the oil that could be made from whale blubber. With a bigger whale, even more resources came out of it. Once word of these harpoonsgot out, soon the whole world was hunting Blue Whales. Steam boatreleased.1864 29400 Blue Whales were caught in the antarctic alone.1930-1931 Restrictions weremade on the tradingof whale parts.1946 International Whaling Commissionmakes commercial whaling illegal and the Blue Whale becomesa protected animal. This does notstop all whaling, especially in theSoviet area.19641970 International Whaling Commissionmakes commercial whaling illegal and the Blue Whale becomesa protected animal. This does notstop all whaling, especially in theSoviet area.1964-1970 By the end of the big whaling trend,it is estimated that close to 350,000whales were killed in total. This caused whales to be at less than 0.15%of the original population. There appears to be a 7.3% increase in whale population each year,but even with this constantincrease, our numbers still remain under1% of the original levels. There is no way to tell the exact population ofwhales left on our earth, but it is estimatedthat there is around 12000 world wide. Today, Blue whales are a protected yet endangered species. The mistakes we made in the past caused us to nearly wipe out one of the most amazing phenomenons on this earth. We can't change the past, but we can learn from our mistakes.
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