Right+Whale

=You are about to learn about the right whale to harvest for its oil. Because it floated when it was killed. hence its name the right whale. The right whale is a baleen whale that can grow up to 50 ft and over 60 tons. it has no dorsal fin its baleen plates are over 7 feet long. since the first whaling expeditions it has been hunted to near extinction with only 1,000 of them left. = =Eubalaena glacialis is the Right Whales scientific name. =  [|A dead Right Whale killed by a boat motor.] = =

=Right Whales usually reach sexual maturity at age 8 and can live up to 70. Right whales gestate for a year before giving birth. Weaning occurs 8 months to a year after birth in which time the baby whale almost doubles in size. = include component="backlinks" page="Right Whale" limit="2"