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Minke Whales

Minke Whales are the next to smallest baleen whale. They are subdivided into the Common (Northern) Minke Whale and Antarctic (Southern) Minke Whale.

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What is so special about minke whales?

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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.

How big is a Minke whale?

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

DO minke whales have teeth or do they have baleen?

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Minke whales are baleen whales, not toothed ones.

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Where do minke whales live?

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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.

How many minke whales are there left?

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Does anything eat minke whales?

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This is from Enchanted Learning- "DIET AND BALEEN

Minke whales (like all baleen whales) are seasonal feeders and carnivores. They sieve through the ocean water with their baleen. They filters out small polar plankton, krill, and small fish, even chasing schools of sardines, anchovies, cod, herring, and capelin. They have the same diet as blue whales. The baleen plates in the minke whale's jaws have about 300 pairs of short, smooth baleen plates. The largest plates are about less than 12 inches (30 cm) long and 5 inches (13 cm) wide. The fine textured baleen bristles are fringed and are creamy-white with pure white bristles.. " http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/Minke.shtml krill
They have a main diet of Krill. This is common among whales as Krill is consumed in mass quantities each day. However, they do eat Fish and other crustaceans.

Do they eat minke whales in iceland?

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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.

What area are minke whales hunted in?

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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.

How long do minke whales live?

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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.

How are minke whales adapted?

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  • 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

How fast can minke whales swim?

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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.

What are minke whales?

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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.

Are Minke whales extinct?

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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.

Where do minke whales migrate?

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they migrate from the arctics to the tropics of Australia

What color are minke whales?

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

Is a minke whale a member of the dolphin family?

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No, they're members of the Balaenopteridae family.

The dolphin, or Delphinidae, family contains several genera.

Do minke whales eat dogfish?

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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.