Brace yourselves for a big ocean adventure, gang, with our brilliant blue whale facts. And by ‘big’, we in fact mean absolutely ginormous! Fast blue whale facts Scientific name: Balaenoptera musculusPhylum: ChordataFamily: BalaenopteridaeClassification: MammalIUCN status: EndangeredLifespan (in wild): 80-90 yearsWeight: More than 130,000kgBody size: 30m longDiet: CarnivoreHabitat: OceanRange: 1) The largest animals to have ever … Continue reading 10 blue whale facts