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The Facts About Whale Hunting And Why We Do It

July 28, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Whale Information facts about whale hunting, whale hunting, whaling, why do we hunt whales

Whale Hunting thrived for many centuries and should have ended completely by now.

A Minke Whale: Facts about Whale HUnting

A MInke Whale: This Is One Of The Species Of Whale That Is Still Hunted To Date. (Courtesy: NOAA/Wiki Commons, P.D.)

Whale hunting or whaling, is the practice of hunting whales for the various products we can get from their bodies.

This may sound like a pretty tame endeavor without too much implications. After all, whales are so large. For instance, the blue whale grows up to almost 100 feet and 200 tons. So, you may assume that killing a few of them may not be too much of a problem.

Well, prepare to be shocked.

Statistics tell us that when whale hunting was at its peak the blue whale, for example, dropped from about 200,000 to just a few thousand individuals. And that’s just for the blue whale.

Species Profile: The Narwhal

July 27, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Species Profile beluga whale, narwhal, narwhale, whale species profile

Learn all about the Narwhal. This medium-sized whale has a tooth growing right through its lip.

An Illustration Of A Narwhal.

The Narwhal is a medium-sized toothed whale that belongs to the Monodontidae family. The only other member of this family is the Beluga whale.

Narwhals are easily distinguishable by one unique feature: males of the species, and even a few females, have a large “tusk” that protrudes out of their mouth. In fact, this tusk is an “overgrown” canine tooth that pierces through the left side of their lip.

This spiral-shaped tusk was once touted in past centuries as a unicorn’s horn and sold as such to unsuspecting buyers!

15 Facts About Whales You Probably Did Not Know

July 21, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Whale Information beluga whale, blue whale, facts about whales, Moby Dick, narwhal, right whale, sperm whale, whale species

Join us as we briefly explore the hidden world of these giants of the Oceans in our compilation of facts about whales.

Beluga Whales Can Mimic Human Sounds : Facts About Whales

Beluga Whales Love Music And Some Of Them Can Mimic Human Sounds.

The gentle giants of the Oceans are some of the most mysterious and awe-inspiring creatures we share our world with.

Whales have been around for millions of years before we humans even showed up.

Some species like the blue whale are so large that they would have little trouble sinking a modern day oceangoing vessel. Yet with all their massive size, they go about their business with so much grace and without causing a fraction of the havoc that humans do!

Species Profile: The Sperm Whale

July 19, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Species Profile commercial whaling, sperm whale, spermaceti, whale species profile

Learn all about the sperm whale: a very unique and popular whale indeed. This is another creature that was almost hunted to extinction and a whale of this same species happens to be the inspiration behind the 1851 classic tale by Herman Melville: Moby Dick.

10 Best Spots For Whale Watching Worldwide By Species

July 10, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Uncategorized beluga whale, blue whale, bryde's whale, gray whale, humpback whale, minke whale, narwhal, orca whale, sei whale, southern right whale, sperm whale, top whale watching spots

Mother and cal beluga whales: Whale watching spots worldwide

If you intend going whale watching anytime soon, check out our guide on the top spots worldwide on a species-by-species basis first.

General Conservation Status Of Different Whale Species

July 2, 2017 Roselyn Onuche Leave a comment Whale Information antarctic minke whale, blue whale, bowhead whale, bryde's whale, fin whale, gray whale, humpback whale, sei whale, whale, whale conservation status

One sea creature that has suffered extreme exploitation is the whale. Here’s the current status of some well-known whale species.

Bryde’s Whale Off Phi Phi Islands, Thailand (Author: Morningdew cc by-sa 3.0)

Whales are magnificent, extremely large, and generally gentle sea mammals. Different species of whales have lived in the Earths’ waters for millions of years now but they are now threatened due to excessive whaling and uneven climatic changes.

Specifically, unregulated and relentless hunting in past centuries led to a sharp decrease in the population of most species of whales.

In fact, in some of the more severe cases, the current population is just a mere fraction of the pre-whaling population.

Initially, commercial whalers were monitored by the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

However by 1986, due to the extreme depletion in the number of these creatures the IWC temporally banned whaling entirely.