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During their migration trips the blue whale can travel thousands of miles from one location to the next. While they migrate most whales will forgo eating food and live primarily off of blubber/body fat and stored calories.
A blue whale can eat up to 7,715 pounds of krill (small shrimp-like organisms) per day! BEHAVIOR: Blue whales swim 14 miles per hour (with bursts as fast as 30 mph) and feed at depths of less than 330 feet (but can dive. as deep as 1,640 feet).