3 Things You Never Knew About a Blue Whale's Heart

One past Valentine's Day, our museum shared several whale heart facts in an infographic. Surprisingly, that post was one of the highest seen images the museum ever shared!

This year, we are resharing several amazing facts about these leviathans' hardest-working organ. 

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Between American Hearth Month and Valentine's Day, you probably have hearts of the mind this February. Check out these 5 amazing heart facts of a Blue Whale.

• 400 lb in weight! Yours weighs less than a pound!
• 2 miles .... that's how far away you can detect its heartbeat underwater.
  
• During dives, their heartbeat is the slowest in the world. At the surface, a whale's heart pumps 25-37 times a minute. When diving, the heart slows to 4-8 beats a minute, with an an extreme low of only 2 beats. This drastic measure saves oxygen.