2. Largest animal that has ever lived on the planet!
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Blue Whales/Whale

Blue whales are the largest animal that have ever lived, reaching up to 100ft. long at times most of the ones in the Santa Barbara Channel only reach lengths of around 80 feet max. They actually have a grayish skin but glows a brilliant blue just beneath the surface of the water. Amazing for an animal as large as it is, they eat one of the smallest meals, (plankton and krill), they also are a baleen whale.
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Amazing vertical dive of a Blue Whale, with its towering tail high out of the water.
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Amazing vertical dive of a Blue Whale, with its towering tail high out of the water.

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  • "Blue Faithful"
  • Blue Whales amazing tailflukes.
  • Blue Whale surfaces just offshore of Santa Cruz Island, CA.
  • A Blue Whale on the surface moments before it slips into the blue abyss.
  • Mighty spout of the Blue Whale.
  • The large tail flukes of the Blue Whale, very stocky body.
  • Blue Whale completing its lunge feed completely upside down you can see the ventral pleats as well as its lower jaw skimming the surface.
  • The perfect lines of a Blue Whales tailfluke.
  • Two Blue Whales surfacing in unison offshore Santa Cruz Island, CA.
  • Amazing vertical dive of a Blue Whale, with its towering tail high out of the water.
  • The spout on Blue Whales can reach well over 12 feet high.
  • A Blue Whale passing close by the seacaves of Santa Cruz Island, CA.
  • The skin of the Blue Whale is actually a mottled gray color but glows a brilliant blue just beneath the surface.
  • A Blue Whale lunge feeds at the surface to feed on krill, note the ventral pleats along its lower jaw that allow the lower jaw to expand.
  • A close up look of the two blowholes of this large animal.
  • The mighty Blue Whale on its deeper dive show its tail flukes.
  • The tail flukes of a Blue Whale can reach over 10 feet across, easily!
  • Blue Whales are a baleen whale, notice the two blowholes indicative of all baleen whales.
  • Vertical deep dive for this large Blue Whale that could easily at least 75 feet long.
  • A pair of Blue Whales surface with the "Zaca Fire" burning in the backcountry behind Santa Barbara in the distance.
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