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Hello Kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Today we have an interesting and fabulous topic, The Antarctic Blue Whale. So let's start! The Antarctic Blue Whale (Scientific name: Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal in the World. It weighs up to 400,000 pounds (181436.948 kg) which is approximately 33 elephants! Its length is 98 feet. The blue whales are found in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. Interesting Facts: You will be surprised to know that the whale is also amongst loudest animals on Earth! Its call reaches 188 decibels (a jet engine reaches about 140 decibels). Its call can be heard for hundreds of miles. The whale has a heart which is the size of a small car. It consumes about 7936 pounds of krill (a crustacean) per day! Behavior and Diet: They sometimes swim in small group. Most often they are found alone. They swim at 5 miles per hour (8 km/h) when they are feeding and travelling, but they can accelerate up to 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) too! Their primary diet is...

  Antarctica is an icy island which is so big, and is at the southernmost tip of the Earth. Thus, the South Pole is located at the center of the Antarctica continent. Yes, Antarctica is an Continent. As you can see in the picture above, it is really big. It is the 5th Largest Continent in the World. But you know, there is not much life here, that is, not much people live in Antarctica. Only people come here for research and exploration. There are only small mountains, icebergs, and thick ice here. Let us know more about Antarctica! So above is the World Map, and you can see that Antarctica is at the most southern point. And on World Map it seems that it is Long, but it is actually kind of a circular shape, as you can see at the main picture at the starting of this Article. So this was all about Antarctica's general information. Now let us visit and check out Antarctica from inside, and see how is it. After seeing this picture, you'll get more interested. It's just that it...