Bowhead+Whale+2010

By: Kalieb M.

A Bowhead Whale is a stocky dark-colored without a dorsal fin. Its maximum weight is 136 tons and its maximum length is 66 ft. They spend most of their time in the fertile arctic waters, unlike most whales they don’t migrate. The Bowhead Whale was an early target for whalers. The population is estimated to 24,900 worldwide. It has a strong lower jaw and a narrow upper jaw. They use baleen plates to catch tiny prey. It has a bony and hard skull to break ice to surface. The female is much larger than the males. Breeding occurs between the months of March and August; Females can produce a calf every 3 to 4 years. It ranges from Alaska, Greenland, and the northwest part of Asia. They eat basking sharks and small prey. The Bowhead Whale is endangered by commercial whaling; it has killed over 60% of the population. We can help prevent extinction for these whales by stop killing all of them, because once their gone, their gone.