![]() ![]() The flippers may be mottled gray, lined with white above and mottled gray or white below.Įastern Pacific blue whales can be found from the Chukchi and Bearing seas in Alaska during the summer to Panama in Central America during the winter. Blue whales are a shade of blue-gray, mostly with light or dark spots, and the paler undersides of the head may be stained a yellowish color from algae. Its flukes are deeply keeled, triangular, broad, and notched. However, the dorsal fin, which is variable in shape ranging from hooked and prominent to a small hump, is far aft and short for its body size, reaching less than 33 cm (1 foot) tall. Their flippers are pointed and long, up to 4 m (13 feet). The top of their head is wide and flat, almost U-shaped, and 50-90 grooves run down the outer wall of the mouth and throat to allow the throat to distend outward when feeding. They are long and slender with their head making up a quarter of the body length. ![]()
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