NORTH ATLANTIC
RIGHT WHALES
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world's most endangered large whale species. Sadly, most of the right whale's mortalities have been caused by humans.
THE RIGHT WHALE GOT IT'S NAME
BECAUSE IT WAS THE
"RIGHT"
TYPE OF WHALE TO BE HUNTED - IT WAS SLOW MOVING AND FLOATED AFTER BEING KILLED
THE RIGHT WHALE GOT IT'S NAME BECAUSE IT WAS THE "RIGHT"
TYPE OF WHALE TO BE HUNTED - IT WAS SLOW MOVING AND FLOATED AFTER BEING KILLED
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES
411
THERE ARE ONLY
411
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES
BALEEN WHALES
North Atlantic right whales are not predatory and are totally harmless to people. They feed on zooplankton and other tiny organisms. They swim with their mouths open capturing water with pray in their baleen plates. Prey gets trapped in the baleen, and the water streams out between the plates.
WEIGHT IS BLUBBER
ARE THE ONLY WHALES
PATTERN ON THEIR HEADS
This pattern is unique to each whale the same way a fingerprint is unique to each human being. Scientists are using this patterns to identify each North Atlantic right whale. Most of the North Atlantic right whales have names and a short bio.
SLOW SWIMMERS
MOTHER'S AND THEIR
CALVES
HAVE A STRONG BOND
The North Atlantic right whale is the second most critically endangered large whale species and one of the world's most endangered mammals, having been severely depleted by commercial whaling.
People hunted right whales for several centuries, calling them the "right" whales to catch since they remain afloat after they've been killed.
By the early twentieth century their numbers were down to a few hundred. In 1935 they received international protection, but in the following 70 years their population continued to decrease . According to the latest North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium report there are only 411 North Atlantic right whales left and in 2018 for the first time in 38 years this whales have been monitored no new calves were born.
Sadly, most deaths of the right whales are due to human impacts....
We must act fast. With only about 100 breeding female right whales left, we haven’t much time.
By purchasing #RIGHTWHALE bottle you are helping to protect endangered right whales.