The EndangeredThe EndangeredNorthern Right WhaleNorthern Right Whale

By Jack CarterBy Jack Carter

What does this animal look like?What does this animal look like? Where does it live/can it be Where does it live/can it be found?found?These whales can be found in both hemispheres at the top of the ocean but the Northern Right Whales live in the western North Atlantic Ocean.

What sort of habitat does it live in?What sort of habitat does it live in?It lives in the cool seas of the North Atlantic Ocean.

What does it eat?What does it eat?They mainly eat zooplankton and krill.

ZooplanktonZooplankton KrillKrill

How many newborn does it How many newborn does it have at once and how often?have at once and how often?They have one calf every three to four years.

What are its threats?What are its threats?These big beasts arehunting the adult whales, this is their biggest threat, also getting run over by big boats. The calves biggest threats are Orcas and large sharks.

How many are left?How many are left?Approximately 400.

Are they being protected? What is being done to help them?Are they being protected? What is being done to help them?

Yes, there is this group called Sea Shepherd and they try to stop whaling. A few pages back you could see a big uglyboat and that was one whaling boatout of fifty. As you can see next to usis a boat, it is the best boat they have in Sea Shepherd but last year one of thewhaling boats ran over the Ady Gil andit sunk.

What is the biggest issue causing What is the biggest issue causing them to become endangered?them to become endangered?The biggest issues are whaling, ship strike, Orca and large sharks andgetting caught in fishing nets.

Other interesting facts……….Other interesting facts……….

It can live up to 70 to 100 years

old

The Northern Right Whale got its name

because the whalers thought it was the

“right” whale to catch so they called it the

Right WhaleIn 1935 people decided to not hunt these whales but Japan

and the Soviet Union didn’t sign the agreement and are still

killing whales

The Northern Right Whale is the most

endangered whale out of all the large whales

Adult whales can be 11-18 metres long and

53 – 74 tonnes in weight

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