Update. It’s devastating news. The 2018 winter calving season for these critically endangered whales just ended without a single newborn calf being spotted off the southeast U.S. coast.
The North Atlantic right whale is under threat of extinction. Only 450 still exist, and of these only about a hundred are breeding females.
2017 was a particularly terrible year for these endangered marine mammals: 17 have been found dead, many as a result of collisions with vessels or entanglement with fishing gear. In 2018, reseaearchers haven’t spotted a single newborn all breeding season.
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This was interesting. They are so big in order to keep warm in the ocean! https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/whales-size-animals-ocean-marine-mammals/
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Amazing!
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