Whatever happened to blue whales?

I remember when I was a kid blue whales were a big deal. The endagered species list was smartly used as an educational tool for children, and as a result voting parents had their small children obsessing over animals that ended up being protected by governments the world over. Maybe Al Gore should learn a lesson from the endangered species people and instead of releasing a masturbatory movie in theaters to scare the shit out of people he should have been trying to educate kids on the topic. I can just imagine the inner turmoil of a parent going to the booth to vote against taking steps to eliminate global warming if their kid at home had "Save the Atmosphere" posters all over their walls and little miniature stuffed earths strewn about their bunkbeds. Parents are around their kids too much to not be influenced by the stuff they are obsessed with. My babysitter knew the names of all the Transformers, and she never sat down to watch the show. If kids are plopped in front of the PlanetKids tv show and the program is barking about saving the ozone layer nonstop, some of that is going to seep in through Dad's ear canal while he's having his morning coffee and before you know it he'll be defending global warming prevention policy around the water cooler at work.

I made an innacurate assumption upon researching my initial question "What happened to blue whales?" that because I hadn't heard about them they were doing okay. It turns out they are still endangered, but nobody is fucking with them so they are now happily going about the ocean being the largest creatures ever to live on the face of the earth. Probably ever in the universe. Think about that. Blue Whale = Largest creature EVER in the UNIVERSE. My new favorite animal is the blue whale. Listen to their calls.