North Atlantic Right Whale is a critically endangered large whale species. Approx 50 ft long, 75-100 years of age. Slow swimmers averaging 6 miles per hour, easy to target. Illegal, commercial whaling has decimated species by age 25-50. Whale’s swim slowly close to shore, so blubber-rich they float when dead. A stocky black body, no dorsal fin, bumpy patches of rough skin on head as clear identifier’s.
Migrate between northern feeding ground’s in coastal Atlantic Canada, New England to calving ground’s in warm water’s off South Carolina, Georgia, Florida (US). A journey fraught with danger’s while navigating choppy water’s. Encounter heavy vessel traffic, million’s of fishing rope’s, hazardous human activities like off-shore oil, gas exploration’s.
Love gorgeous, grand, gentle whale’s.