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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 ...
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]
In 1998 a pair of gray whales was seen showing signs of aggression towards a right whale, chasing it off the coast of California, [31] while in 2012, in the Piltun Bay region of Sakhalin Island's northeast coast, a young adult right whale was seen displaying typical social behavior within a group of critically endangered Western gray whales ...
The right whales may have identifying marks and features, whether it’s a scar on its body or the unique pattern of callosities on their head. ... Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden.
Adult North Atlantic right whales average 13–16 m (43–52 ft) in length and weigh approximately 40,000 to 70,000 kg (44 to 77 short tons), they are slightly smaller on average than the North Pacific species. [16] The largest measured specimens have been 18.5 m (61 ft) long and 106,000 kg (234,000 lb). [17] Females are larger than males.
On average, a bubble blast came 27 seconds after a whale dove for food, and most were observed while the whales were doing headstands. The older and bigger a whale got, the greater the probability ...
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With a population estimated at between 300-350 individuals, [19] the North Atlantic right whale is the most critically endangered great whale. The Northern Pacific right whale is also endangered with only about 500 individuals extant. [16] [17] The Southern right whale (~7500 individuals in 1997) and the Bowhead whale (20,000 to 40,000) have ...