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	Cetacean Species - Fin Whale
		The fin whale is very streamlined in appearance but slightly fuller in shape than the blue whale, rounded in the front, but compressed laterally in the tail region with a distinct ridge along the back behind the dorsal fin (hence the name "razorback").
		Fin whales are fast moving and may swim at speeds of up to 41 km per hour when alarmed, 30 km per hour in short bursts when migrating or cruising, and 2 - 6.5 km per hour when feeding.
		Fin whales may be found alone or in pairs, but often form larger pods of 3 to 20animals which may be part of a wider group of hundreds of individuals spread over a wide area, especially on feeding grounds.
	www.crru.org.uk /education/factfiles/fin.htm (1259 words)

	Fin Whale \| Cetacean Fact Sheet \| American Cetacean Society
		The fin whale is one of the rorquals, a family that includes the humpback whale, blue whale, Bryde's whale, sei whale, and minke whale.
		Fin whales are found in all oceans of the world, though they seem to prefer temperate and polar waters to tropical seas.
		Fin whales are found most often alone, but groups of 3-7 individuals are common, and association of larger numbers or concentrations may occur in some areas at times.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/finwhl.htm (909 words)

	Discovering Whales - The Fin Whale
		The Fin whale is called a "rorqual" a Norwegian word for "furrow" and refers to the pleated grooves running from its chin to its navel.
		The baleen plates in the mouth of the Fin whale reach a maximum length of 70-90cm (28-35in) in length and a width of 20-30cm (8-12in).
		Fin whales are most common in the Southern Hemisphere while smaller populations inhabit the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
	www.omplace.com /omsites/discover/FIN/fing.html (509 words)

	Acoustics Monitoring Program
		The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, is the second largest of the cetaceans, reaching lengths of 24 m (Leatherwood et al.
		Fin whales have long slender bodies that are primarily dark gray or brown in color.
		Fin whales can be identified individually by their natural marks and scars.
	www.pmel.noaa.gov /vents/acoustics/whales/whale-biology-fin.html (227 words)

	SharkFriends Fin Whale Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Whaling of Fin whales occurred as late as 1985 and whaling still occurs in Greenland.
		Fin whales are white on the lower right side of their head and fl on the lower left.
		Fin whales are most common in the northern hemisphere and can be seen close to shore off Iceland, eastern Canada, New England, Baja California, and in the Mediterranean.
	www.sharkfriends.com /finwhale.html (180 words)

	Fin whale
		Fin whales may be found alone or in pairs but often form larger pods of 3 to 20 animals, which may be part of a wider group of hundreds of individuals spread over a wide area.
		Fin whales are fast moving and may swim at speeds of up to 41 km per hour when alarmed and 30 km per hour in short bursts when migrating or cruising.
		Fin whales have been observed ‘sleeping’ at the surface at night, and have been reported, when feeding, to be slow moving (2-6.5 km per hour) and often so absorbed in feeding that they are largely unaware of approaching boats.
	www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk /whales_dolphins/fin-whale.asp (740 words)

	TMMSN - Species Corner - Fin Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fin whales can also be distinguished from their fellow rorquals, blue and sei whales, by a grayish-white chevron (with the point anterior) on the dorsal area of the whales just behind the head.
		Fin whales can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, usually during the winter months for breeding and calving.
		During the winter, fin whales can be spotted feeding at the mouths of rivers and in embayments and other near shore areas.
	www.tmmsn.org /mmgulf/balaenoptera_physalus.html (410 words)

	African Marine Mammals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The fin whale is the second largest whale (behind the blue whale).
		It is a large, streamlined whale, with a head that is v-shaped in profile, that appears slightly tapered downward from the blowhole to the tip of the head.
		Fin whales lunge feed on small invertebrates, schooling fishes, and squid (it has been suggested that the asymmetrical jaw coloration might assist with foraging).
	csiwhalesalive.org /csifin.html (348 words)

	Greenpeace Whales Site
		After the Blue whale, the Fin whale is the second longest whale, with some individuals reaching more than 26 meters, though the average length is much less.
		In the southern hemisphere alone, three quarters of a million Fin whales were taken by the whaling industry, almost half of these in a single decade, the 1950s.
		Fin whales are found all over the world, but are most common in the southern hemisphere.
	archive.greenpeace.org /whales/whales/fin_whale.html (230 words)

	Mikes Whale Facts-Fin Whale
		Fin whales are the second largest animal in the world.--At a full grown length of 85 feet, they are the second largest mammal too, second to the huge Blue Whale.- The Fin whale has many names, because it inhabits oceans worldwide.
		Fin Whales are residents of places off the Washington, Oregon, and California coast, which means that they live there year round.
		Fin Whales mate in subtropical waters where a single calf is born in mid winter.
	www.angelfire.com /wa3/whalefacts/finw.html (638 words)

	Identification - Fin Whale
		Fin Whale is a relatively slender, streamlined species with a pointed head and a prominent dorsal fin positioned three-quarters of the way along the back.
		Fin Whales are usually observed singly or in pairs, sometimes in small pods, and occasionally in large aggregations of up to 100 animals where food is plentiful.
		Fin Whales are widely distributed throughout the world, but appear to be more common in sub-polar and cool temperate waters in the summer months, moving to warmer latitudes in the winter to mate and calve.
	www.orcaweb.org.uk /idfin.htm (324 words)

	Whale Center of New England - Oranizational Information
		The dorsal fin, which is on most cetaceans is similar to a keel on a boat, is used to stabilize the animal as it swims through the water.
		In 1980, one fin whale was radio tracked covering a straight-line distance of over 1,000 miles in five days as it moved from the coast of Iceland to the coast of East Greenland.
		A blue whale's eye is the size of a small teacup and their external ear is the size of the tip of a pencil.
	www.whalecenter.org /amazarch.htm (1283 words)

	fin whale
		The fin whales live in every ocean, from the tropics to the polar regions.
		Fin whales are usually seen either in pairs (mother and calf) or in groups of 6-10 animals, but also groups of approximately 100 can be found.
		Reduced in number by hunting, the estimated current population worldwide is between 50-100,000 animals.The fin whale became a protected species in the 1976.
	gvc03c17.virtualclassroom.org /Site/endang_italy_finwhale1.html (154 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		The fin whale is a large baleen whale, measuring 24 m in the northern hemisphere and 27 m in the southern hemisphere.
		North Atlantic — In the western North Atlantic, fin whales are common in summer from Cape Hatteras north; distributed from the coasts of Canada, Newfoundland, and Cape Cod in the north to the Gulf of Mexico and the shores of Florida and the Greater Antilles in the south.
		The fin whale population today is estimated to be 14,620 to 18,630 in the North Pacific; 3,590 to 6,300 in the western North Atlantic; 10,500 in the eastern North Atlantic; and 85,200 in the Southern Oceans.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180527 (1316 words)

	Finback Whale biologay and behavior information
		Fin Whales (you can call them either "Finback" or simply "Fin" whales) are much lighter gray overall than the Humpback Whale is. However if you look close you will see a swirling pattern consisting of different shades of gray over the entire length of the animal (except for its belly which is pure white).
		Some Fin Whales can even be pure white along their upper lip and lower jaws on the right side, but all are dark gray (sometimes almost fl) on the left.
		Whereas the Humpback Whales are easily recognizable as individuals by the pattern of fl-and-white pigmentation on the under-side of their tail flukes, Fin Whales have no such easily recognizable marking by which researchers could separate one Fin Whale from another.
	www.7seas-whalewatch.com /finback_whale.htm (890 words)

	Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Whales, Baleen Whales, Rorquals, Cetaceans. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fin Whales are found in all oceans and temperature zones in both hemispheres but being more common in temperate and polar waters.
		The ventral surfaces of the belly, flukes and pectoral fins are white and a pale chevron is usually clearly visible behind the twin blowholes.
		Fin Whales feed on a wide variety of fish, krill and various invertebrates diving to well over 200 meters for their prey.
	www.marinethemes.com /finwhale.html (401 words)

	CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware's Cape Region
		Fin whales (balaenoptera physalus) are common in Delaware waters, but they don’t make quite the splash as humpback whales.
		Fin whales rarely jump out of the water, and they don’t flap their tails.
		Fin whales are found in every major ocean in the world, but prefer deeper, colder water farther from shore.
	www.capegazette.com /storiescurrent/0506/finwhale51605.html (571 words)

	Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
		The whales move to high latitude feeding grounds during spring and summer and return to southerly, temperate waters for mating and calving during autumn and winter.
		Fin whales feed mainly on krill but also eat schooling fish including herring, cod, mackerel, pollock, sardine, and capelin.
		The gestation period is approximately 11 months and newborn fin whales are about 6.4 m in length and weigh 1.8 metric tons.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/balaphys.htm (210 words)

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		Fin whales are the only species to have asymmetrical coloring on the head; light-colored swirls (called the “blaze”) can be seen on the right side of the head and the right lower lip, upper lip and front portion of the baleen plates are also light-colored.
		Fin whales are cosmopolitan in their distribution, inhabiting all the major oceans where they feed on krill and small, schooling fish.
		Fin whale movements are complex and their broad range may indicate that they do not migrate as other whale species do.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=93737 (626 words)

	Fin Whale — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fin Whale is found throughout every ocean in the world, from the tropics to the polar regions, but is rarely seen inshore.
		The Fin Whale is between 19-22.3m long, with the longest recorded animal at 26m; females are generally larger.
		Fin Whales are more gregarious in manner than other rorquals, and are usually found either in pairs (as in mother and calf) or in groups of 6-10 animals.
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-animals/whales/finwhale (478 words)

	Fin Whales - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fin whales are found worldwide, typically migrating from the poles in summer, where they breed, to temperate waters for the winter.
		In the mid-1900's, Fin whales were hunted for their oil, meat, and baleen.
		The fastest of the baleen whales, Fin whales also dive deeper than many other whale species feeding on a wide variety of marine organisms including squid, krill, and larger schooling fish such as cod and pollock.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/whales/fin.shtml (524 words)

	WhaleTimes Fishin' for Facts - Fin Whale
		Fin whales primarily eat krill (a small shrimp-like animal), other other small invertebrates, and fish Their baleen is striped a yellowish white and bluish gray.
		Fin whales are fl or brownish gray with a white "belly." Their dorsal fin can be 60 cm tall.
		Fin whales are found around the world, more often in temperate and polar waters.
	www.whaletimes.org /finwhale.htm (112 words)

	Fin Whale - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The second largest animal on Earth, the fin whale is exceeded in size only by its close...
		Half of all whale species can be considered rare as opposed to endangered; that is, individuals of such species are not (and perhaps never were) very...
		Blue Whale, largest whale and the largest creature known to have ever inhabited the Earth.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Fin_Whale.html (118 words)

	The Fin Whale
		The second largest cetacean in the world after the blue whale, the fin whale was first hunted in the late XIX Century and during much of the XX Century.
		Although it is difficult to determine the extent of the decline due to a lack of population size estimates for the period preceding large-scale whaling, the Atlantic fin whale population was significantly reduced.
		Through their work, researchers are gaining a better understand of fin whale biology, the threats it faces and actions that could favour its recovery.
	www.baleinesendirect.net /eng/2/2-6-6.html (412 words)

	Fin Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fin Whales are rorquals (family Balaenopteridae), a family that includes the Humpback Whale, the Blue Whale, the Bryde's Whale, the Sei Whale and the Minke Whale.
		In the early days of whaling, the Fin Whale was relatively safe from most whalers due to its quick speed and the fact that they prefer the open sea.
		International Whaling Commission quotas were lowered in the mid-1970's and reduced to zero by 1985, with the exception of small aboriginal catches and catches for research purposes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fin_Whale (1931 words)

	Marine Mammal Species Information
		Currently, the largest threats to fin whales is development and habitat destruction, entanglement, and the interest in several countries for resumed whaling on fin whales.
		Minke whales are still commercially hunted by Norway, which kills up to 500 per year, and Japan (under a provision where research is done on the carcass, but the meat can still be sold on the open market), who takes up to 800 Antarctic Minke whales per year.
		Current threats to minke whales include expansion of the current hunt (which is being promoted by Japan, Norway, and Iceland), entanglements in fishing gear (since minke whales are not as strong as the larger species, they are more likely to become entangled and die), and degradation of their habitat from pollution.
	www.whalecenter.org /species.htm (3903 words)

	The Fin Whale
		The Fin Whale is found in oceans all over the world, from the tropics to the polar areas.
		Fin Whales found in the southern hemisphere have been reported up to 26 metres in length.
		The Fin Whale is one of the fastest whales with the ability to swim and sustain a 37 km/h speed through the water.
	www.indonesianfauna.com /finwhale.php (325 words)

	Blue Whales - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Once numbering close to 200,000 individuals, Blue whales were heavily exploited for their oil, meat, and baleen during the early to mid 1900's, severely reducing the species' population to near the point of extinction.
		Since the International Whaling Commission (IWC) imposed a hunting ban in 1966, Blues have returned to several areas of their former range, but recovery is slow (current populations are only 1% of their former numbers).
		Blue whales are so named because their skin has a light-gray-and-white mottled pattern, which appears light blue when the whale is just below the surface of the water on a sunny day.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/whales/blue.shtml (573 words)

	FIN WHALE
		The fin whale mates during the period between November and January, and the gestation period is about 12 months.
		The fin whale probably does not feed much during winter, but consumes great quantities of krill and some squid off the Icelandic coast and capelin and herring on the migration.
		The first fin whales appear of the Icelandic coast in March every year, but the mainstay of the stocks appears at the end of May and the beginning of June.
	www.nat.is /Whales/fin_whale.htm (335 words)

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