Photo from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs you can imagine this particular whale does not have very many natural predators. I guess nobody really wants to pick on you when you are that big.\u00a0 Although, new-born Fin Whale calves have been known to be attacked by large sharks.\u00a0 Of course the biggest predator of this majestic whale is humans.\u00a0\u00a0 Due to large hunting pressures throughout the 20th Century the Fin Whale was being pushed to the brink of extinction.\u00a0 Currently they are classed as an endangered species.<\/p>\n
Fin Whale Fast Fact – <\/strong> Unbelievably 750 000 Fin Whales were harvested between 1904 to 1979 in the Southern Hemisphere alone.\u00a0 Although commercial whaling has now been banned some scientists believe it may be too late for this species to recover.<\/p>\nThanks for hanging out with me today folks.\u00a0 I am looking forward to visiting with you again tomorrow.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On my way out of the Ocean yesterday (remember we were watching the Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse do it’s thing) I stumbled upon a very large marine mammal called the Fin Whale.\u00a0 I am absolutely fascinated by this animal so I thought I would share some information about this beautiful beast with all of you lucky readers.\u00a0 So you have never heard of the Fin Whale?\u00a0 Perhaps you know its other names which include Finback Whale, Razorback or Common Rorqual.\u00a0 There are at least two different subspecies of Fin Whale.\u00a0 The Northern Fin Whale can be found hanging out in the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1302,1301,1299,1255,4025,1300,1303],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>On my way out of the Ocean yesterday (remember we were watching the Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse do it’s thing) I stumbled upon a very large marine mammal called the Fin Whale.\u00a0 I am absolutely fascinated by this animal so I thought I would share some information about this beautiful beast with all of you lucky readers.\u00a0 So you have never heard of the Fin Whale?\u00a0 Perhaps you know its other names which include Finback Whale, Razorback or Common Rorqual.\u00a0 There are at least two different subspecies of Fin Whale.\u00a0 The Northern Fin Whale can be found hanging out in the North Atlantic while the larger Antarctic Fin Whale occupies the Southern part of the Ocean.<\/p>\n