Finback+Whale

//**Finback whale** media type="custom" key="3657393" // By Asia B.

The Finback whale is the second largest whale after the Blue whale. Measuring between 60-80 feet and weighing up to 70 tons, makes it larger than any dinosaur! They are long, sleek and have a V shaped head. Scientists identify the whales by the shape of the dorsal fin (on their back), scars they have on their body and their chevron marking.

Finback whales are commonly found in the Southern Hemisphere, smaller populations in habit in the North Atlantic and North Pacfic Oceans. They are sometimes also found in the Gulf of California and Mexico all year round. Fin whales are found in oceans all over the world.

Between autumn and winter there is almost no feeding. Their diet varies between areas and seasons. Caplin and other shoaling fish are eaten in North Atlantic and North Pacific, along with various types of squids. About 2-3 tons are consumed each day. The Fin whale has a series of fringed overlaping plates hanging from each side of their mouth. As the mouth closes the water exits leaving the fish stuck in the plates.

The Fin whales are endangered because Japan and Iceland is committing whale slaughter in oceans all over the world. The Japanese kills off hundreds every year. The shippers from Iceland try to kill a least 90 a year. They are killing these animals for food, oil, blubber, and their baleen plates.

To save these whales, we need to protest against Japan and Iceland about their intensions to resume hunting these whales, even after the International whale Commintion issued a warning about commercial hunting. They are currently ignoring our request.