Legenda Danau Toba

Toba Lake Legend

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman lived in a north Sumatra. Don't ask me the year, all I know it was a very long time before you were born. When he was fishing in a river, a big fish was nailed. This fish had gold color all over its body. It was beautiful. The fisherman was very excited. He imagined a delicious dinner in his head. He put the fish in his basket and went home happily.

When he got home, he put the fish in a sink. He grabbed a knife to kill the fish. But when he almost killed it, he saw the fish eyes and felt pity. He took the knife away and put the fish in washbasin and added water in it. "Don't worry, I wouldn't kill you" the fisherman said.

The fisherman went fishing again. But this time he couldn't get any fish. He went home with nothing in his hand. His stomach started to sing. He walked home slouching. He was surprised when he saw smoke came out from his kitchen. "Who cooked in my kitchen?" he confused.

The Blue Whale

The blue whale is largest whale and the largest living creature on earth. Blue whales were hunted a lot for oil, baleen, meat, and other products from the 1930 to the 1960. This hunting almost caused the extinction of the species. They are now protected and may gradually be returning in several areas.

Blue whale are mainly found in very cold waters, like the artic and Antarctic waters. They migrate to the tropics in the winter and to the artic and Antarctic in summer.

Blue whale can reach over 24 m, long mature females are usually big longer than mature males. They weigh between 87.500-142.500 kg the skin has a light grey and white spotty pattern.

Blue whales feed by opening its mouth into dense groups of small sea creatures, like plankton, krill or fish.

Blue whales are mammals. They give birth once every two or three years. Mating occurs during the summer season, and they give birth after about all months the cal nurse for seven or eight month and again weight about 90 kg/day.