What are the natural predators of blue whales?

Answer 1

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and humans. In 1977 a pod of about thirty killer whales were seen attacking a 18 m (60 ft) blue whale off the tip of Baja California. European whalers first targeted the blue whale in the 1860s. Peak catches were reached in the early 1930s, when nearly 30,000 were caught in a single year.

Answer 2

A Blue Whales predators are Killer Whales because when a Blue Whales gives birth, the baby Blue Whale is weak so then the Killer Whales takes it advantages and takes the baby Blue Whale away from the mother and drowns it by bringing it down really deep in the sea, then eats it.

Answer 3

Adult blue whales have no natural predators. They are too big and too strong to be attacked and killed by any animal. However, Orca's (Killer Whales) are known to attack and kill youngsters. A group of Orca's can easily hunt a baby blue whale if its mother is not around. Otherwise, they have no natural predators

Answer 4

Adult blue whales have no natural predators. They are too big and too strong to be attacked and killed by any animal. However, Orca's (Killer Whales) are known to attack and kill youngsters. A group of Orca's can easily hunt a baby blue whale if its mother is not around. Otherwise, they have no natural predators

Humans are the biggest threat to blue whales. Nearly 90% of the world population of these animals were wiped out over the past century by humans by whaling.

Answer 5

Adult blue whales have no natural predators. They are too big and too strong to be attacked and killed by any animal. However, Orca's (Killer Whales) are known to attack and kill youngsters. A group of Orca's can easily hunt a baby blue whale if its mother is not around. Otherwise, they have no natural predators.

Answer 6

Krill and sardines. It really isn't particular. If its small enough down the hatch it goes.

Krill is the prey of the blue whale.

Answer 7

A blue whale has no known predator besides man. Rumors have spread that killer whales are predators of blue whales, but this hasn't been proven.

Answer 8

People are. Whalers hunt them and then sell their meat to people illegally and of course the people buy and eat it.

Answer 9

The blue whale has only two predators: Man and killer whales (orcas).

Answer 10

the predators are killer whales