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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.
In the North Pacific, the pattern of right whales seeking out areas of high food is the same, but female right whales and calves in the North Pacific do not show the clear pattern of concentrating in nearshore aggregations. The distribution of North Pacific right whales in winter remains a major mystery.
North Pacific right whale in Half Moon Bay, California, 20 March 1982, photo by Jim Scarff. The right whales were first classified in the genus Balaena in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, who at the time considered all of the right whales (including the bowhead) as a single species. Through the 19th and 20th centuries, in fact, the family Balaenidae has ...
A North Atlantic right whale named Archipelago, or No. 3370, was seen Wednesday surface feeding in Cape Cod Bay, one of the first two right whales sighted in Cape Cod Bay this season.
The center’s right whale ecology team was looking for North Atlantic right whales during a trip on Monday. In January, they had spotted the first of the rare cetaceans for the year in the bay.
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The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator, between the latitudes of 20° and 60° south. [5] In 2009 the global population was estimated to be approximately 13,600. [6]
During the whaling era, they were the “right whale” to harpoon. Now, they are endangered. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...