AnimalsCoral Reef
Whale Fun facts for kids
Balaenoptera musculus
The whale lives in deep oceans all over the world and eats tiny shrimp called krill.
- Where it lives
- in deep oceans all over the world
- What it eats
- tiny shrimp called krill
- How big it is
- as long as three school buses
Fun facts about the whale
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived, even bigger than any dinosaur!
Its tongue alone can weigh as much as a whole elephant.
Its heart is so big that a person could crawl through its biggest blood vessels.
Even though it is giant, its throat is so narrow that it could never swallow a person.
Its call is one of the loudest animal sounds, and it can travel very far under the sea.
A baby blue whale is the biggest baby on Earth and gets heavier every day by as much as a grown man weighs.
When it breathes out, its spout shoots up into the air as high as a three-storey house.
Every blue whale has its very own pattern of spots, so scientists can tell them apart from photos.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I breathe air, but I spend my whole life in deep oceans all over the world.
I have no teeth, so I strain tiny shrimp called krill from huge gulps of seawater.
My tongue alone can weigh as much as a whole elephant.
Even though I'm giant, my throat is too narrow to ever swallow a person.
I'm the biggest animal that has ever lived, even bigger than any dinosaur.
Sammy might be thinking of a whale.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the whale in the Coral Reef adventure.
Play the Coral ReefComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
