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Callosities on a North Atlantic right whale. In whales, callosities are rough, calcified skin patches found on the heads of the three species of right whales. Callosities are a characteristic feature of the whale genus Eubalaena. Because they are found on the head of the whale and appear white against the dark background of the whale's skin ...
Right whale declines might have also reduced barnacles. [31] ... 1980, 1985, and 1992. Consistent callosity patterns ensured it was the same animal. She was last ...
The right whale's callosities provide habitat for large colonies of cyamids or whale lice, which feed on the right whale's skin as these small crustaceans cannot survive in open water. [13] The relationship between cyamids and right whales is symbiotic in nature but is poorly understood by scientists.
Each year, a number of North Atlantic right whales get formal names. Scientists just released this year's list. What goes into naming a whale?
Fewer than 400 individual North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild, and their numbers continue to decline. Oceana , a conservation group based in D.C., has reported numerous collisions ...
Right whales have rotund bodies with arching rostrums, V-shaped blowholes and dark gray or black skin. The most distinguishing feature of a right whale is the rough patches of skin on its head, which appear white due to parasitism by whale lice .
A research flight south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket spotted seven different types of whales in unusually high numbers last month.
An 18 m (59 ft) right whale was entangled off Kamogawa coast in May, [119] but escaped while another 15–18 m (49–59 ft) carcass was seen floating off Cape Nozaki. [120] A right whale of 10 m (33 ft) was sighted on January 28, 2014, making it the first record in the East China Sea in the 21st century. [121]