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	The Living Edens "Patagonia" -- Wildlife
		Though elephant seal predators include large sharks, killer whales, and polar bears, the seal's greatest enemy is man. Hunted by sealers for their blubber, bones, fur, and oil, the elephant seal population was reduced nearly to the point of extinction during the 19th century.
		Southern right whales seek the shelter of the Patagonian waters in December and stay there for five months to breed and raise their young.
		Right whales derived their name years ago when whalers hunted them with hand-held harpoons and considered them the "right" whale to kill because of their slow speed, close proximity to land, and great buoyancy.
	www.pbs.org /edens/patagonia/valdeanm.htm (904 words)

	Southern right whales on the comeback wave
		After the exploitation of southern right whales started in the region during the 18th century, catches already seemed to be declining at the beginning of the 19th century, according to a scientific paper on sightings in Namibian waters from 1971 to 1999.
		Right whales were easy targets for commercial whalers because they moved slowly and obligingly floated to the surface when killed by the harpoons - hence their name, as they were the "right whale" to kill.
		The southern right whale population in the southern hemisphere is estimated to be between 9 000 to 10 000 - a remarkable recovery considering the numbers were down to as low as 300 in the 1920s.
	www.namibian.com.na /2003/october/national/031FDE1B7.html (1023 words)

	Right Whale
		Right whales can be found in coastal, warm waters of South Africa between June and January during this time calving and mating occurs.
		Right whales are often found with cyamids or "whale lice" living on their callosities.
		Southern right whale numbers are small, but not as low as those of its northern counterpart.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0124382/right_whale.htm (351 words)

	Highlights - Wildlife - Whales
		The whales often swim within a hundred metres of the shore and can be viewed from a specially constructed platform in the sand dunes or from the beach.
		The “right” whale The early whalers regarded the whale as the ‘right’ whale to hunt.
		The average length of the adult Southern Right Whale is 15 metres, the average weight is 50 tonnes, with maximum length of 18 metres and a weight of 96 tonnes.
	www.greatoceanrd.org.au /highlights/wildlife/whales.asp (418 words)

	Cape Whale Route
		Northern rights go north to the Arctic to feed at the same time that southern rights move north toward warmer waters to calve and breed, and when southern rights go south to the Antarctic to feed the northern rights move southward toward warmer waters to calve and breed.
		The southern right whale is a skimmer, which means that it ploughs through the water (often at the surface) with its mouths open, filtering and sifting the concentrated swarms of plankton.
		Southern right have 225 to 250 pairs of long (2 metres in length and 30 cm in width) baleen plates and, naturally, the greatest exaggeration of the head which houses them.
	www.questconnect.org /africa_cape_whale_route.htm (1092 words)

	Right whale Summary
		They are called "right whales" because whalers thought the whales were the "right" ones to hunt, as they float when killed and often swim within sight of the shore.
		Right whales are easily distinguished from other whales by the large number of callosities on their heads, a thick back without a dorsal fin, and a long drooping mouth that begins high above the eye and then arches round beneath it.
		Whaling in small wooden boats with hand harpoons was a hazardous enterprise, even when hunting the "right" whale.
	www.bookrags.com /Right_whale (4123 words)

	Types of Whales
		Southern right whales are robust and have a strongly arched mouth and long baleen plates.
		The early whalers regarded the southern right whales as the 'right' whale to hunt.
		Whaling for humpbacks ceased in 1963, and the populations appear to be recovering.
	www.abc.net.au /oceans/whale/type.htm (849 words)

	right whales
		Right whales had been hunted to near extinction when hunting was finally banned in 1935.
		Like all whales, right whale mothers are very protective of their young and will often swim on their back, cradling their new calf on their belly, cuddling it with their huge flippers, just like a human mother.
		Other species of whales are also found in Florida coastal waters, so it is important to be able to distinguish a right whale from other animals when reporting a sighting.
	www.kayakamelia.com /pages/critterrtwhales.html (502 words)

	Whales
		Southern Right Whales can dive to depths of up to 300 metres and hold their breath for 30 minutes.
		Southern Right Whales are so named because they were the "right" whales to hunt - they were slow-moving, floated when dead and provided plenty of whale oil.
		These whales are protected by law since 1935 and currently South Africa is experiencing a booming population of whales on the eastern coast.
	www.elandsbay.co.za /whales.htm (241 words)

	Southern Right Whale at the SA Whale Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They are called right whales for the wrong reasons, being named so by early whalers because they are slow moving, easily hunted, float when dead and provide large quantities of valuable oil and whalebone.
		Southern rights are usually fl, but some white calves are born but darken as they get older, going through stages of grey to brown then fl.
		Southern rights are the only great whales that do not have a dorsal fin on their back, neither do they have throat grooves like other baleen whales such as humpbacks and blues.
	www.sawhalecentre.com /whale_species/southern_right.html (737 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.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Rightwhale.shtml (819 words)

	Whales - Biology
		Southern Right Whales are giants of the ocean yet incredibly they eat some of the smallest animals such as copepods and krill.
		Southern Right Whales may use their tails to cool themselves, by lifting their wet tail into the breeze.
		Southern Right Whale calves are born with very little insulating blubber and would perish if born in cold Antarctic waters.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /coasts/whales/biol.html (413 words)

	WWF - Southern right whales help their northern cousins
		Both southern and northern right whales were pushed close to extinction in the first half of the 20th century by the rapacious whaling industry — indeed, their name stems from whalers considering them to be the "right" whales to catch.
		Southern right whales, many of which visit the Cape of South Africa between about July and November each year, were deemed to be ideal "guinea pigs".
		Whales are under threat from ship collisions, toxic contamination, entanglement in fishing gear, and intensive oil and gas development in feeding grounds, as well as the effects of climate change and habitat degradation.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/features/index.cfm?uNewsID=2571 (1536 words)

	Detailed Information about Right Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Northern right whale populations are considered by some to be close to extinction while populations the Southern right whale are doing better with the largest groups seen off western Australia, South Africa, and Argentina.
		Right whales have distinguishing callosities which are the best identification both for the species and for individual right whale.
		Right whales die of natural causes and are sometimes preyed upon by killer whales.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/right2.htm (569 words)

	Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) Whales, Right Whales, Baleen.
		Southern Right Whales are found in all oceans of the southern hemisphere from about 20-55 degrees south.
		Prior to their complete protection in 1937 Southern Rights were hunted close to extinction due to their being the “right” whale to hunt; slow moving, shore hugging whales which floated when dead.
		The most distinctive feature of Southern Right Whales is their raised patches of skin called callosities on the head (which is about 1/3 of the body length), snout and lips.
	www.marinethemes.com /southright.html (700 words)

	AusEmade: Humpback Whales and Southern Right Whales
		Because the whales were once plentiful, ships would stay for a while after bringing convicts to the colony, to hunt the southern rights.
		With the ban on whaling, the populations of southern rights have been recovering, scientists today, estimate that there are around 5,000 southern right whales in the world.
		Southern Rights lie near the surface of the water, with one or both of their pectoral fins above the water.
	www.ausemade.com.au /fauna-flora/fauna/whale/whale3.htm (924 words)

	Whales - Southern right whales - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is the baleen whale most closely associated with New Zealand because it used to come inshore to sheltered harbours to mate and calve.
		Southern right whales used to occur as far north as the Kermadec Islands, along New Zealand’s coasts, and as far south as the subantarctic Auckland Islands and Campbell Island.
		The storm-tossed Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, respectively 500 and 700 kilometres south of New Zealand, are the strongholds of the southern right whale.
	www.teara.govt.nz /EarthSeaAndSky/SeaLife/Whales/3/mi (465 words)

	Right Whales, Fundy Whales, New Brunswick
		Right Whales were regarded by Nineteenth century whalers as the 'right' whales for their industry.
		All Right whales are protected internationally under the convention for the regulation of whaling and have not been actively hunted since 1935.
		The Right whale is an inquisitive and playful whale and has been observed poking, bumping or pushing objects around that are in the water.
	new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/whales/rightwhale.html (643 words)

	El Niño Events Affect Southern Right Whale Breeding Success
		Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, migrate from the South Atlantic to the Southern Ocean to feed.
		Southern right whales were some of the first species to be heavily depleted by whaling and have been given international protection since 1935.
		Since the 1970s the population of southern right whales in the SW Atlantic has been increasing at an average of seven percent a year but is still only at a small fraction of its pre-exploitation size.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jan2006/2006-01-24-02.asp (877 words)

	Right Whales \| The Humane Society of the United States
		The name "right whale" was given to this species by whalers, who considered the animal the "right" whale to hunt.
		Though right whales are ready to reproduce at approximately eight years of age, Southern right whales only give birth every three to five years, and in the North Atlantic, females are giving birth much later and having even fewer calves.
		Right whales are estimated to live around 50 years, though their age is hard to determine.
	www.hsus.org /marine_mammals/a_closer_look_at_marine_mammals/right_whales (619 words)

	Tasmania PWS - Wildlife - Whales
		Whales and dolphins belong to a group of mammals collectively known as cetaceans and are believed to share a common ancestry with the ungulates, a diverse group of hoofed mammals that includes modern-day horses, pigs, sheep, deer, antelopes and camels.
		Whales must come to the surface to breath, although species such as the sperm whale have been known to remain submerged for over 1 1/2 hours and dive to depths in excess of two kilometres.
		Southern right whales travel north from June to September to the waters of southern mainland Australia and return southward between September and late October.
	www.parks.tas.gov.au /wildlife/mammals/whales.html (1029 words)

	earthOCEAN - Cetacean Investigation - Southern Right Whales of Argentina
		Despite its immense proportions, the right whale is highly acrobatic, and is often observed 'sailing' with flukes aloft, or slapping its tail or pectoral fins against the sea surface.
		Most scientists agree (the right whale is divided into three species) that there are three species of right whales, one in the north Pacific, one in the north Atlantic, and the third in the southern hemisphere that includes the southern parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
		Right whale populations are growing throughout the southern hemisphere at a rate of 7% a year.
	www.earthocean.tv /series/srws_argentina.html (4050 words)

	WWF \| Whales and Dolphins \| Right Whales
		In their feeding grounds in the Bay of Fundy in the summer, right whales are often seen in what scientists call "surface active groups" - groups may consist of just a few individuals or as many as 40 - which involve males and females making vigorous body contact.
		Morphologically and behaviorally, northern and southern right whales are nearly identical.
		The most serious threats to the southern right whale's survival appear to be entanglement in fishing nets and habitat degradation from marine pollution and activities like oil and gas exploitation.
	www.worldwildlife.org /cetaceans/subspecies/subspecies_rw.cfm (528 words)

	Whale Matters, Southern Right Whales Simons Town
		The term "right" whale refers to the fact that in the nineteenth century these whales were regarded as the "right" whales to catch, because they were particularly rich in oil, being slow swimmers they were easy to catch, and because their carcases were easy to handle as they floated when dead.
		The gestation period (pregnancy) of the southern right is twelve months, she bears her calf in the spring in the warmer waters of southern African bays.
		Moreover, southern rights are increasing in number, doubling in size every ten years, which means that they should have returned to their optimum population size in about 2040.
	www.simonstown.com /tourism/whales/whales.htm (2316 words)

	Northern and Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and (Eubalaena australis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Northern and Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis glacialis) and (Eubalaena glacialis australis)
		Right whales were called right whales because whalers found the whales to be the "right" whales to hunt.
		Right whales are an endangered species and their populations generally remain small even though commercial hunting stopped nearly 100 years ago.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/right1.htm (154 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Southern right whale
		Right whales are named as such because whalers considered them the right whales to hunt.
		Southern right whales can be up to 18m long, weighing 30-80 tonnes.
		Southern right whales inhabit the Southern Hemisphere in temperate and sub-polar regions.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/53.shtml (208 words)

	Southern Right Whales - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Considered by whalers to be the 'right' whales to hunt, Southern Right whales were fortunate to have escaped extinction.
		Southern Right whales are baleen whales with dark gray bodies, bow-shaped lower jaws, and massive heads that measure up to one-quarter of their body length.
		Like all baleen whales, Southern Rights are seasonal feeders and carnivores using their baleen as a filter to strain out plankton, krill, and tiny crustaceans from the water.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/whales/s_right.shtml (477 words)

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