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How do Blue whales defend themselves against predators?

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Hint: Interaction between prey and a predator, where the energy flows from one organism to the other is known as Predators.
Prey means the predator is the organism that feeds on other organisms.
Predators can be classified into carnivores and omnivores. Lions, tigers, sharks, snakes, all are examples for predators.

Complete answer:
• Predators are organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for their food. The whales have used their teeth to kill prey and ng even very large prey.
• Killer whales hunt in groups and together can kill even a little blue whale, know is much bigger than they are.
• The male whale has a single, spiral very long spiral tooth projecting from its upper jaw.
• Its intentions aren’t known exactly but may be used for protection or mating purposes.
• Blue whales do not know how to protect themselves and rely primarily on their large size, as they do not have many predators in the ocean.
• The blue whale will grow anywhere which has 70 to 100 feet in length and weigh from 100 to 200 tons.

Note: The blue whale is said to be the "largest creature ever to have lived on Earth" reports the one kind of organization. This large size makes it possible for the blue whale to avoid most predators simply because predators are unable to successfully attack, kill and then eat the mammal. The blue whale does have predators, and both killer whales and sharks will sometimes attack the whale though both species and they also hunt smaller animals. Blue whales are killed in boating accidents with large ships.
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