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Learn about the average gestation period of various whale species, from 10 to 18 months, and how it compares to human pregnancy. Find out how whales mate, give birth, nurse, and live in the wild or in captivity.
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List of mammalian gestation durations. This is a collection of lists of mammal gestation period estimated by experts in their fields. The mammals included are only viviparous (marsupials and placentals) as some mammals, which are monotremes (including platypuses and echidnas) lay their eggs.
28 maj 2022 · Female blue whales reach sexual maturity as young as five years old, or as late as 15 years old. Blue whales can expect to live up to 80 or 90 years. That means that, in her lifetime, a single blue whale mother may give birth to up to 40 calves!
28 lut 2013 · The average size of a full term southern blue whale fetus is 7.5 m. The average length of gestation is 11.5 months, or 350 days. Increase in TL is linear in the late fetal period, and continues at the same rate as that observed during the documented mid fetal period. On day 30 of gestation, the TL of a blue whale embryo is approximately 10 mm.
Reproduction and birth. A blue whale calf with its mother. Blue whales generally reach sexual maturity at 8–10 years. In the Northern Hemisphere, the length at which they reach maturity is 21–23 meters (69–75 ft) for females and 20–21 meters (66–69 ft) for males.
29 wrz 2022 · The largest whales on the planet, the blue whale, give birth to calves that are around 23 feet long. As soon as they are born, they are larger than nearly every animal on earth. The smallest species of whale, the dwarf sperm whale, is usually 9 feet long when it’s an adult, with their babies usually measuring 4 feet long and weighing 400-600 lbs.
19 wrz 2020 · We assessed blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus) sex ratios based on 21,542 fetal and 311,901 whaling records, finding that males were slightly but significantly more common than females (51.3% fetal, 52.1% postnatal).
