Due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.
Because we live in a messed up world...
Because we have been hunting the whales too much, and they have been endangered.
Blue whales are endangered because of over one hundred years of over hunting by whalers.
Yes they are in danger.
They are endangered because the Japanese are killing them for their fins, which are used as a medical purpose.
Because they are endangered. simple. humans are hunting them and need to stop.
Yes.
Humans. Due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.
Humans. Due to extensive and uncontrolled hunting. Blue whale hunting was banned in 1966 by the International Whaling Commission. But, by 1970 330,000 blue whales had been caught & killed in the Antarctic, 33,000 in the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, 8,200 in the North Pacific, and 7,000 in the North Atlantic. The largest original population, in the Antarctic, had been reduced to 0.15% its original count.
The greatest danger to blue whales was being hunted by humans.
I Have One problem People Are Hunting Whales.It's A Problem With That because Were Losing Thousands Of Spieces Of Whale Like Sperm Whales,Humpback Whale,Blue Whales And Killer Whales Even Though They Are Not Whales.They Only Need Their Blubber.
Scientists estimate that blue whales can live for at least 80 years but because of hunting and predation by orcas, their only natural predator, a blue whale's life expectancy is 35 to 40 years.