There are estimated to be 3,000 fin whales off California, Oregon and Washington.
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.
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Fin whales usually only have a single offspring, though females have been reported with as many as six fetuses -- although these would likely not make it to term.
In the summer fin whales migrate to cold waters and in the winter fin whales migrate to warm waters.
the dorsal fin
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.
Orcas, Blue Whales, and Fin Whales. There are many more.
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.
The fin whale is endangered, but its numbers are increasing, since many nations that once killed whales have stopped, so there is hope they can recover.