They are not at all dangerous. Like all whales, they are friendly and peaceful. Similar to other whales, they can be curious animals which may go near boats or keep at distance especially with a mother and newborn.
Fin whales have two pectoral fins and a dorsal fin.
No. Blue whales have mated with fin whales.
Yes, fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are classified as Endangered.
In the summer fin whales migrate to cold waters and in the winter fin whales migrate to warm waters.
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There are estimated to be 3,000 fin whales off California, Oregon and Washington.
Fin Whales are hunted in Greenland with a limit of 19 per year.Collisions with ships are an additional major cause of Fin Whale mortality.
Fin whales have been listed as endangered since the early 1970s. Fin whales populations in the North Atlantic, however, now number 53,000, close to its historic size.
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