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RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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<strong>The</strong> biggest animal on Earth<br />

1 Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth. <strong>The</strong>y can grow to over<br />

30 metres long. That’s longer than two buses! Blue whales are thought<br />

to be bigger than any dinosaur that lived on Earth.<br />

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A blue whale’s heart is as big as a small car. Its tongue is as heavy<br />

as an elephant. Even the sounds blue whales make are ‘big’. A blue<br />

whale can make sounds under water that are louder than a jet plane<br />

taking off.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> biggest animal in the world eats one<br />

of the smallest. Blue whales mostly eat krill,<br />

which are tiny sea animals about as big as<br />

your thumb. A blue whale can eat up to 40<br />

million krill in one day!<br />

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<strong>The</strong>re used to be many blue whales. <strong>The</strong>n<br />

humans hunted them until there were almost<br />

none left. Now, many people work to protect<br />

these gentle giants.<br />

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