Adult population has a massive variations. They can weigh from 30 tons to 80 tons. Newborns weigh at 2 tons.
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.
Adult fin whales can measure from 59ft to 72 ft. Newborns can measure to 19-21 ft. Fin whales can weigh as much as 80 tons and newborns weighing around 2 tons.
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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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