The real problem with blue whales is that most people have almost no intuition for how big they really are.
At the Museum of Natural History in NYC there is life size replica of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling in the Hall of Ocean Life and it’s simply astonishing that something that big could be alive.
(I would liken it to shaking hands with a > 7’ tall person or seeing the giant redwoods in person. Intellectually you know they’re big, but in person it’s a little shocking.)
At the Museum of Natural History in NYC there is life size replica of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling in the Hall of Ocean Life and it’s simply astonishing that something that big could be alive.
(I would liken it to shaking hands with a > 7’ tall person or seeing the giant redwoods in person. Intellectually you know they’re big, but in person it’s a little shocking.)