right whale
Finless baleen giant
Right whales are large baleen whales with massive heads, no dorsal fin, and distinctive rough patches of skin called callosities.
They were named by whalers who considered them the "right" whale to hunt—they swam slowly, floated when killed, and yielded abundant oil and baleen.
Three species exist, all critically endangered: The North Atlantic right whale population has dwindled to around 350 individuals.
Whale's filtering bristles
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- podSeed case or cetacean group
breaching · calving · surfacing · spout · diving · filter feeding · krill · zooplankton
Preventing waste or loss
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- fishing gearAngling equipment and supplies
habitat loss · protection · critically endangered · population decline · biodiversity · North Atlantic · moratorium · sanctuary
baleen
Whale's filtering bristles
pod · breaching · calving · surfacing · spout · diving · filter feeding · krill · zooplankton · copepod
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- entanglementState of being intertwined
fishing gear · habitat loss · protection · critically endangered · population decline · biodiversity · North Atlantic · moratorium · sanctuary · monitoring
migration
Movement to new territory
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- routesPaths for travel
tracking · annual · coastal · Cape Cod · Bay of Fundy · Florida · Georgia · wintering · summering · movement patterns
colossal
Extremely large in scale
hulking · bulky · ponderous · weighty · hefty · mammoth · behemoth · tonnage · blubber · girth
- Balaenidae
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- sea lifeshark, dolphin, salmon, jellyfish, plaice
- Cetaceansdolphin, dolphins, porpoise, whales, orca
- Endangered Wildlifeblack rhino, bonobo, California condor, giant panda, mountain gorilla
- marine mammalsdolphin, whales, dolphins, porpoise, seals
right whaleblue whale
Largest mammal on Earth
fin whale · minke whale · humpback whale · toothed whale · finback
right, whale, rights, righteous, rightly, rightful, righted, righting, righteousness