Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus)
Now when it comes to facts and figures I have to say that I come top on a lot of lists. So let's start with the best - I'm the largest animal in the world ever to have existed! I hear you cry, but what about the dinosaurs? Nope - I'm bigger than any of them - in fact many of them were tiddlers compared to me!
Carrying on: I weigh up to 200 tons (no one heavier that that either); have a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, and a human child could crawl through my main artery. I hope you're impressed now!
On the fun side I'd be great to hire for large parties as I could inflate about 2000 balloons in one breath - that would be handy. However on the downside, my appetite is hard to satisfy as I eat 3,600kg of krill a day.
Despite my spectacular statistics, I'm sad to say that there're only about 15,000 of us left because of hunting, and climate change affecting our food supplies. Thank goodness for the enlightened 1960s, that's when hunting was banned, we were on the verge of extinction.
But despite the hunting ban, our numbers remain very low and dating can be tough with so few of us left. Fortunately our songs can be heard for hundreds of miles, as we have a low frequency whistle of up to an incredible 188 decibels. And here's another brilliant fact - we're the loudest animal on earth! Just so you know how loud we're talking; a jet engine reaches 140 decibels, and I'm noisier than that. I travel the world singing in search of a mate, not even your wonderful Pavaroti could sing as loudly as I can.
How can you help? Well for us the real problem now is climate change, so going organic is a fantastic start to helping us. So go ahead, buy the best T-shirt in the world, and sing my praises loudly!
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