Stories by Johan T. Ruud

This oddly shaped and nearly transparent denizen of antarctic waters lacks two characteristics once thought to be present in all vertebrates: it has no red blood cells and no hemoglobin

Although its commercial importance has dwindled, it is the largest animal that ever lived. Some specimens are 100 feet long and weigh 150 tons. A blue whale calf grows at a rate of 200 pounds per day!