The right whale, in English Right Whale, is a group of whales that got its name from the early whale hunt.

Because these whales are large, nearly 20 feet long, and float when dead, hunters called it "The right whale to hunt," the right whale to hunt.

A large prey that could be brought into the boat because the dead animal floated unlike other whales.

Only a few whales remain

And hunting and other stresses have led to the fact that today there are only a few right whales left in the whole world.

Climate change now risks leading to the species disappearing completely.

This is the opinion of the researchers behind a study published in the journal Oceanography

The right whale, which is a group of whales, is found today in the North Atlantic off the coast of the US state of Maine.

These right whales are called northern capers.

But in that area, the sea has warmed up even faster than in other places and today there are only around 350 northern cape left.

These have found it increasingly difficult to find food and fewer and fewer calves have been born in the last decade.

-The situation for the right whales in the North Atlantic is extremely difficult and they run a high risk of being completely eradicated, says Kylie Owen, who researches large whales at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.

Threatened by ships and fishing

The northern capes are now forced to seek food in new sea areas to the north with colder water.

But there are not the same measures to protect the whales as in their usual habitat.

As a result, the few right whales that still remain are exposed to even greater stress and risks of being damaged by fishing gear and ship traffic, according to the researchers in the study, and Kylie Owen at the Swedish Museum of Natural History agrees.

-Climate changes mean that whales have to move longer distances to find food, which means that they have less time to reproduce, says Kylie Owen to SVT.

Unless strong measures are taken to protect the right choices, such as restricting or moving ship traffic, it means that the small remnant of the species that still remains is in danger of disappearing completely.


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