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	RIGHT WHALE
		Right whales were named by whalers who considered them the "right" whales to hunt, since they were rich in blubber, they were easy to catch (they are relatively slow swimmers) and they floated after being killed.
		Right whales (like all baleen whales) are seasonal feeders and carnivores that filter feed plankton and tiny crustaceans like copepods, krill, pteropods, etc., from the water.
		Northern right whales are near extinction due to past hunting pressures and are an endangered species; it is estimated that there are 500-1,000 northern right whales alive and they are near extinction.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Rightwhale.shtml (819 words)

	RIGHT WHALE
		Right whales were named by whalers who considered them the "right" whales to hunt, since they were rich in blubber, they were easy to catch (they are relatively slow swimmers) and they floated after being killed.
		Right whales (like all baleen whales) are seasonal feeders and carnivores that filter feed plankton and tiny crustaceans like copepods, krill, pteropods, etc., from the water.
		Northern right whales are near extinction due to past hunting pressures and are an endangered species; it is estimated that there are 500-1,000 northern right whales alive and they are near extinction.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /subjects/whales/species/Rightwhale.shtml (819 words)

	Right whale dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The right whale dolphins, the Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peroni), are two of the easiest cetaceans to identify at sea.
		The Northern Right Whale Dolphin is widely distributed in the temperate North Pacific in a band running from Kamchatka and mainland Japan in the west to British Columbia down to the Baja California peninsula in the east.
		However tens of thousands of the northern species were killed in the 1980s due to them becoming caught in oceanic drift gillnets introduced at that time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Rightwhale_Dolphin (643 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		The northern right whale dolphin and its Southern Hemisphere relative are the slenderest of all small cetaceans.
		Northern right whale dolphins are primarily fl, with a white band from the throat to the fluke notch that widens to cover the entire area between the flippers, and a white spot just behind the tip of the lower jaw.
		Northern right whale dolphins are fast swimmers, sometimes creating a great surface disturbance with their low-angle leaps and belly flops.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180454 (692 words)

	CMS: Lissodelphis borealis, Northern right-whale dolphin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Right whale dolphins are easy to identify at sea because of their distinctive fl and white colour and lack of dorsal fin.
		The northern right whale dolphin is mainly fl with a white ventral patch that runs from the fluke to the throat region.
		Northern right whale dolphins were significantly more abundant in winter than in summer and significant inshore/offshore differences were identified.
	www.cms.int /reports/small_cetaceans/data/L_borealis/L_borealis.htm (2062 words)

	MBNMS: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
		Though virtually all populations of large whales are greatly reduced, the gray whale population is an exception: the population in 1988 was an estimated 21,100-23,000 individuals (U.S. Marine Mammal Commission 1995), probably close to historical values.
		Dolphins and porpoises commonly observed in pelagic waters of the MBNMS include: Pacific white-sided dolphin, northern right whale dolphin, Risso's dolphin, long- and short-beaked common dolphin, killer whale and Dall's porpoise (Table 1 and Table 2).
		Pacific white-sided dolphins are commonly seen near the shelfbreak (primarily within 15 km west of Carmel Bay and within 25 km southwest of Santa Cruz) during fall and least abundant during spring (Black 1995).
	bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov /Visitor/Whalewatching/whales.html (1461 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dolphins are marine mammals, but there is also a fish species that's often called "dolphin" or "dolphin fish".
		Dolphins and porpoises are however members of different whale families (see 4.5).
		These are: the Ganges river dolphin, the boto, the bowhead, the southern right whale, the sei whale, the fin whale and the humpback whale.
	www.faqs.org /ftp/faqs/animals/dolphin-faq/part02 (834 words)

	Lil Dolphin's Cove/Facts
		Dolphins can be as long as 13 feet, and weigh as much as 450 pounds.
		Because of commercial fishing operations dating back to the late 1800's, bottlenose dolphin numbers were drastically reduced by the turn of the century.
		A Blue Whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a full grown AFRICAN ELEPHANT, and its heart is compared to the size of a volkswagon beetle.
	www.geocities.com /lildolphin88/facts.html (663 words)

	ACS - American Cetacean Society
		The right whale may have received its name from whalers who thought that it was the "right" whale to kill because it was correct commercially (oil came from whales in those days), or because it was considered "proper" or "true" which meant typical of whales in general.
		Right whales are fl all over except for the belly, where there is often a white patch.
		Right whales are among the slowest swimming whales, although they may reach speeds up to 10 mph (17 km/hr) in short spurts.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/RightWhale.htm (1024 words)

	School Programs-Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Northern Right-whale Dolphin is easily identified by its lack of a dorsal fin.
		Northern Right-whale Dolphins avoid boats, sometimes moving speeding away in a series of low leaps over the surface of the water.
		The Northern Right-whale Dolphin is considered one of the most abundant oceanic dolphins in the North Pacific.
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /programs/whales/s-northernrwdolphin.html (201 words)

	Dolphin World - Information
		Other species of dolphins live in cold waters, such as the Atlantic white-sided dolphin that can be seen from the Gulf of St.Lawrence to the North Sea, and the hourglass dolphin that lives in the waters of the Antarctic.
		Unlike us, dolphins breathing is not automatic, so they have to think to breathe rather than think to hold their breath.
		Therefore, as a dolphin swims, it moves its head back and forth to scan its surroundings, while the echos it sends out bounce off objects and hit the lower jawbone, which conducts the returning sound waves to the inner ear.
	www.geocities.com /welcometodolphinworld/Info.html (491 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		range_map2_caption = Southern Right Whale Doplhin range }} The right whale dolphins, the Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii), are two of the easiest cetaceans to identify at sea.
		The Northern Right Whale Dolphin is widely distributed in the temperate North Pacific in a band running from Kamchatka and mainland Japan in the west to British Columbia down to the Baja California peninsula in the east.
		However tens of thousands of the northern species were killed in the 1980s due to them becoming caught in oceanic drift gillnets introduced at that time.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Southern_Right_Whale_Dolphin (659 words)

	MBNMS: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
		The largest toothed whale, the sperm whale, is not frequently reported in the MBNMS (Barham 1982), although it is the most abundant large whale in the eastern North Pacific (Gosho et al.
		Dolphins and porpoises commonly observed in pelagic waters of the MBNMS include: Pacific white-sided dolphin, northern right whale dolphin, Risso's dolphin, long- and short-beaked common dolphin, killer whale and Dall's porpoise (Table 1 and Table 2).
		Pacific white-sided dolphins are commonly seen near the shelfbreak (primarily within 15 km west of Carmel Bay and within 25 km southwest of Santa Cruz) during fall and least abundant during spring (Black 1995).
	www.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov /Visitor/Whalewatching/whales.html (1461 words)

	The Whale-Watching-Web: Orca/p12
		Orcas, pantropical spotted dolphins and northern right whale dolphins are among the fastest species, yet each achieves speed with different body and fin shapes.
		Northern right whale dolphins have been clocked at 40 kilometres per hour and can sustain speeds of 25 kilometres per hour for up to 30 minutes.
		Dolphins were trained in one experiment to trip switches on a submarine cable to indicate the depth of dive.
	www.helsinki.fi /~lauhakan/whale/orca/orcap12.html (374 words)

	WWF \| Whales and Dolphins \| Conservation Results \| Update
		Right whales are safer in Canada's Bay of Fundy thanks to WWF and its partners.
		As up to two-thirds of the remaining 350 or so right whales once again begin gathering in the Bay of Fundy, a new analysis shows that last July's repositioning of the shipping lanes was indeed a life-saver.
		During the summer of 2003, after the lanes were moved, only 1 percent of all right whale sightings occurred within the new lanes, while almost 30 percent of the sightings put right whales in the former path of ship traffic.
	www.worldwildlife.org /cetaceans/results/right_update.cfm (220 words)

	Jeffreys Ledge: Right Whales
		Right whales have been observed to give birth as early as five years of age, but seven to ten appears to be more common.
		Right whales can live extremely long lives; one whale photographed back in 1935 with a calf was re-photographed as recently as 1995, making her the oldest non-human mammal ever confirmed.
		Population Status: Right whales got their name because to early whalers they were the 'right' whale to kill: they were slow swimmers, lived close to shore, floated when dead, and gave a good oil yield when their thick fat layer was melted down.
	www.jeffreysledge.org /egtext.htm (863 words)

	Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Life - Dolphins and Porpoise
		White-Sided Dolphins are one of the most acrobatic and animated species of dolphin in the world, often engaging in multiple mid-air leaps, flips, and somersaults.
		Risso's Dolphin is a relatively large (13') pelagic dolphin found worldwide in warm temperate and tropical seas.
		Risso's Dolphins feed mainly on squid and are frequently encountered in the deeper parts of the Bay.
	www.montereybaywhalewatch.com /dolphins.htm (579 words)

	North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis at MarineBio.org
		The North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis (Müller, 1776), aka Northern right whale, fl right whale or Biscayan right whale, is similar is shape to the bowhead, being large and stocky, but slightly smaller.
		Right whales are, despite their massive bulk, incredibly active cetaceans, with breaching, lob-tailing and flipper-slapping all relatively common.
		The North Atlantic right whale was classified along with the closely-related southern right whale, Eubalaena australis under the genus Eubalaena, which literally means 'right whale', referring to the belief that these were the 'right' whales to kill.
	marinebio.org /species.asp?id=191 (1092 words)

	Dolphin Information
		Dolphins are certain aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises.
		Killer Whales and some related species belong to the Delphinidae family and therefore qualify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.
		Dolphins are social animals, living in so called schools of up to a dozen animals.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/dolphin-information.htm (678 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Northern right whale dolphin
		Northern right whale dolphins appear entirely fl but have a white belly stripe.
		Northern right whale dolphins live in the N Pacific in temperate regions in cool and deep water.
		Northern right whale dolphins live in schools of 5-200.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/85.shtml (124 words)

	Northern Right Whale Dolphin - Dolphins And Whales Window (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peroni) are two of the easiest cetaceans to identify at sea.
		The Northern Right Whale Dolphin is widely distributed in the temperate North Pacific in a band running from Kamchatka and mainland Japan in the west to British Columbia down to Baja California in the east.
		The Southern Right Whale Dolphin has a circumpolar distribution running from about 40anddegS to 55anddegS.
	dolphins.jump-gate.com /differnt_dolphins/northern_right_whale.shtml (597 words)

	Toothed whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Toothed whales have a single blowhole on the top of the head (while the baleen whales possess two of them).
		Toothed whales have an organ called the melon on their head, which is used as a lens to focus their sound waves.
		While small whales like the Pilot Whale today are still being pursued, the main threat for most species is accidental capture in fishing nets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toothed_whale (491 words)

	Right Whale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis at MarineBio.org
		The right whale dolphins include the northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis (Peale, 1848), and the southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804), and are small cetaceans with the most slender bodies of all small cetaceans.
		Like other dolphin species, right whale dolphins are a gregarious species found in schools of 200-2,000 that communicate using clicks and whistles and are often found in V-shaped configurations.
		They live in deep open water where the temperatures vary between 8-24°C. Southern right whale dolphins are found only in cool temperate to subantarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=352 (1026 words)

	Dolphins
		Mostly all of the dolphins are seven to ten feet long.
		Dolphins are mammals so they give birth to live babies.
		Mother dolphins take the calves to the surface of the water for their first breaths.
	www-bu.beth.k12.pa.us /msnyder/dolphins.htm (282 words)

	Status of northern right whale dolphins in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis, is one of the most abundant oceanic dolphins in its range in the North Pacific, but little is known about its biology or distribution.
		Seventeen occurrences of the northern right whale dolphin from within the Canadian 320 km (200 mile) extended economic zone are presented; only one occurrence has been previously published.
		Based on the best available information, the northern right whale dolphin is rare in Canadian waters, where it is in the outermost limits of its normal distribution.
	www.cascadiaresearch.org /robin/lissodel.htm (171 words)

	WDCS - Whale Adoption Project - Adopt A Whale - Naming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) is working to prevent the extinction of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
		On the right is a map of WDCS data plotted by the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary representing nine years worth of data.
		The 'X''s represent 2003, a year with an unusually high number of right whale sightings during the summer, a time when right whales are not thought to be in the area and, therefore, the risk to these animals are being underestimated.
	whales.org /rightWhales/index.asp (627 words)

	Dolphin Feature - Northern Right Whale Dolphin
		The Northern Right Whale Dolphin can be found in temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan to the Middle California Coast.
		Calves are born with lengths of 3 to 4 feet.
		Mainly fl in appearance, the various white colored patterns on the underside of the dolphin are one way to identify individual dolphins.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/dolphins/38789 (301 words)

	Whales on the Net - Whale Home Page
		The findings refute suggestions by whaling nations such as Japan that a resumption of hunting is justified by the increase of many whale populations beyond their natural size, the researchers said.
		The study concludes that as many as 900,000 humpback, minke and fin whales probably navigated the waters of the North Atlantic before their numbers were decimated by commercial whaling in the mid 19th and early 20th century -- several hundred thousand more than previously thought.
		LFA testing off the Island of Hawaii in 1998 caused humpback whales to leave the test area, apparently resulted in separation of whale and dolphin calves from their mothers, and injured a snorkeler in the water.
	www.whales.org.au (1940 words)

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