Saturday, June 17, 2006

Estimates dating from 1969 ranged as high as 82,000 (click on for sound selection)



North Atlantic Fin Whales populations are believed to be as low as 27,700. Fin whales are 80 feet long and frequent the water of Iceland. In the summer these baleen whales like to attend to colder waters and feed there. While in the winter they swim half way across the globe to breed in the tropics. Posted by Picasa