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Blue whale
- Length
- up to 33.5 m (Antarctic blue whales, up to about 110 feet; in the North Atlantic and North Pacific up to about 27 m)
- Weight
- up to 150,000 kg (Antarctic blue whales, more than 330,000 pounds; northern blue whales over 45,000 kg)
- Top speed
- up to 32 km/h (short bursts; usually about 8 km/h while feeding and traveling)
- Lifespan in the wild
- 80 to 90 years (estimated average)
- Lives in
- Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean
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