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The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Although first ignored by whalers due to its small size and low oil yield, it began to be exploited by various ...
Minke whales have between 240 and 360 baleen plates on each side of their mouths. Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe. Minke whales typically live between 30–50 years, but in some cases, they may live for up to 60 years.
Bryde's whale (/ ˈbrʊdəz / BRUU-dəz), [ 3 ][ 4 ] or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The " complex " means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research. The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger ...
[89] [96] [106] [107] As of 2015, aboriginal communities are allowed to take 280 bowhead whales off Alaska and two from the western coast of Greenland, 620 grey whales off Washington state, three common minke whales off the eastern coast of Greenland and 178 on their western coast, 10 fin whales from the west coast of Greenland, nine humpback ...
Sibbaldius schlegeliiFlower, 1865. Rudolphius laticepsGray, 1868. The sei whale (/ seɪ / SAY, [ 4 ]Norwegian: [sæɪ]; Balaenoptera borealis) is a baleen whale. It is one of ten rorqual species, and the third-largest member after the blue and fin whales. It can grow to 19.5 m (64 ft) in length and weigh as much as 28 t (28 long tons; 31 short ...
Whaling in Norway. Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan. Whale hunting has been a part of Norwegian coastal culture for centuries, and commercial operations targeting the minke whale have occurred since the early 20th century. [1]
Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale (Balaenoptera omurai) is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. [3] Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. [4] The common name and specific epithet commemorate Japanese cetologist Hideo Omura . [5] [6]
London whale dies. The River Thames whale, affectionately nicknamed Willy by Londoners, was a juvenile female northern bottlenose whale which was discovered swimming in the River Thames in central London on Friday 20 January 2006. [ 1 ] According to the BBC, she was five metres (16-18ft) [ 2 ][ 3 ] long and weighed about twelve tonnes (24,400 lb).