Minke Whales

No, minke whales are not omnivores; they are primarily carnivorous. They mainly feed on small fish, krill, and other forms of zooplankton. Their feeding strategy involves filter-feeding, where they take in large amounts of water and then expel it, trapping their prey in their baleen plates.

Minke whales are sleek and streamlined, typically measuring between 20 to 30 feet in length. They have a dark gray or blue-gray coloration on their dorsal side, with lighter shades on their undersides, often featuring white markings on their flippers and a distinctive white band on their dorsal fin. Their elongated bodies and pointed snouts make them easily recognizable among baleen whales. Minke whales are also known for their small dorsal fins, which are set far back on their bodies.

Minke whales typically consume about 2 to 3 tons of krill per day during feeding season. Their diet primarily consists of small shrimp-like crustaceans known as krill, as well as small fish. The exact amount can vary based on the whale's size, age, and the availability of prey in their environment.

There are few interesting facts about Minke Whales, look at 2 following examples. Minke whales are generally solitary, although they can sometimes be seen in groups of 2 or 3. Minke whales are highly inquisitive and are likely to approach boats, especially younger animals.

minke whale cen be 25 to 30 ft or 7 to 9 meters

Minke whales are baleen whales, not toothed ones.

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There are 2 sub species of the Minke Whale species. One being the antarctic Minke whale which only lives in Antarctic Ocean. Secondly, will have the Common Minke Whale which can life in every ocean.

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Minke Whale meat is consumed in Iceland. Iceland hunts their own Minke Whales each year. Usually they sell it to Japan but some Icelandic do eat Whale meat.

They are hunted in 2 different oceans at 3 different areas. They are hunted in Atlantic ocean around Norway and Iceland. The second area being the Antarctic by the Japanese. The Japanese tend to catch more with a few hundred annually because of activist action. In total between 500-1000 Minke Whales are hunted each year.

Adult Humpback whales are known to have an average lifespan of around 50 to 60 years. For decades man has hunted them extensively and hence we really do not know what their actual life expectancy is. Researchers recently discovered that a whale nearly 200 years old was captured near Alaska.

• Blowhole - so they can breath when they reach the surface
• Baleen (Baleen whales) - used to sieve small crustaceans or fish from the water
• Use of song - communication with each other, finding each other, finding food
• Sonar - used to locate and catch fish
• Controlling use of oxygen so its used by only most important organs eg Brain - So they can stay underwater for long periods without breathing or damaging internal organs
• Blubber - keeps them warm
• Travel in pods - protection of predators, mating + caring for the young
• Storing oxygen in muscle tissue - so they can stay underwater without breathing for long periods of time
• Bubble netting (making a circular wall of netting to trap schools of fish) - a way of catching large amounts of fish

Their weight massively varies as a lot of them do die early. Their average weight at adult is 5-15 tons. Newborns weigh around 770 pounds.

They are a name given to two species of marine mammal belonging to a clade within the suborder of baleen whales. 2 sub species includes Common Minke and Antarctic minke whales. The common is least concerned but Antarctic minke is Data Deficient but suspected to be concerned.

No they are not extinct. The Common Minke whale is least concerned according to the IUCN Red list. However form same site, the Antarctic Minke is data deficient but is highly likely to be at least Endangered.

they migrate from the arctics to the tropics of Australia

The colors are dark gray, dark brown, and black.

No, because a minke whale is a baleen whale and also a rorqual( a suborder of baleen whales) and what they do is expand their thoat pleets to open their mouth really wide and then close the mouth to catch krill,not dogfish,in the mouth then filter out the water.