No single adjective is enough to describe the size of the blue whale, and few people reali

No single adjective isenough to describe the size of the blue whale, and few people realize how bigit is when compared with other mammals. By any standard, it is the largestcreature known to man. To be specific, one of its fins, called a fluke, wouldfill the cargo space of the average truck. Although its skull is the size andweight of a car, its brain is only the size of a carburetor. Its heart is solarge that five strong men would be needed to lift or raise it, while its skincould be used as a tarpaulin to cover half a football field. Every person inBoston could be supplied with a whale burger, and a pretty good one, too, fromthe meat of one blue whale. Combine the weightsof 100 horses, 100 dairy cows, and five Indian elephants, and you would arrive A.Although the blue whale is very large,its brain is very small. B.The meat of the blue whale is one of the tastiest meats known to man. C.Female blue whales are larger than males. D.The blue whale is one of the nature’s largest and most attractive wonders.

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