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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Baby Blue Whale

A baby blue whale has been caught on film! Researchers off of the coast of Costa Rica captured the baby on camera while visiting the "Dome," a warm-water region that attracts blue whales from hundreds of miles around.

Baby blue whales are far from tiny. At birth, they are an average of 25 feet (7.6 meters) long.

The footage of the baby, as well as images of other blue whales, can be seen on National Geographic's Kingdom of the Blue Whale. The show airs tonight, March 10, on the National Geographic Channel at 8 p.m. ET.

See a video of the baby on a clip from Kingdom of the Blue Whale on National Geographic News.

Learn more about Kingdom of the Blue Whale on National Geographic Channel.

Think you're a blue whale expert? Quiz Your Noodle and find out!

12 Comments

that is great that they catch a baby whale in Costa Rica

:)sam-antha(: did you heard about that baby blue whale?

oh my god i wonder if mabey you guys could ask the people who told u the story 2 borrow the ilm and put it on the computer

It is very interesting to find this tiny creature on film; because soon it will be the size of a bus!

That is so cute!

I think that this birth and the footage is the start of a really important breakthrough in learning all we can about these very unknown creatures for many times a whale is only seen in books and far out into the ocean.Oh,when that baby is 2 days old,it will be as long as our RV!

i love to read about humans helping animals i love reading about blue whales there awesome did anyone read the new paper last year there was a blue whale trapped in the Delaware river!

my cousin is a researcher for that team. she let me help her tag some blue,humpback,sperm,and killer whales on "My trip around the world" private blog.!kewl

i have always wanted to touch a killer whale. jk (just kiding) ive touched one before. hahahaaaaaaa.
:)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this artical is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohh and is your cousin really a reasearcher or not.

its cute and the artical is cool

poor baby blue whale if i where pres. or something i would stop them from killing the baby blue whales

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