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FAST FACTS
The blue whale washed up in
Canada had a heart that was
the size of a golf buggy, at
5 x 4 ft (1.5 x 1.2 m).

A blue whale’s heart pumps
232 quarts (220 liters) of blood
per beat. The heartbeat is strong
enough to be detected more than
2 miles (3 km) away.

The heart and arteries How heavy
are huge to allow enough
blood through to reach
all areas of the whale’s
is a blue
100-ft (30-m) long body.

whale’s heart?

The world’s largest animal comes with
a supersized heart that weighs 400 lb

(180 kg) and pumps 11 tons (10 metric tons)
of blood around the whale’s body.

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