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Right whales

Context

Scientists have said that entanglement with fishing nets is having devastating impact on right whales

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  • Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and the Southern right whale (E. australis).
  • They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale.
  • Right whales have rotund bodies with arching rostrums, V-shaped blowholes and dark gray or black skin.
  • The most distinguishing feature of a right whale is the rough patches of skin on its head, which appear white due to parasitism by whale lice.
  • IUCN Status: Endangered

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