Animals on the Brink of Extinction

Fin Whale

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is a marine mammal enters the suborder of baleen whales. Pope, which has a length of almost 27 meters long, is the second largest whale and the second largest animal after blue whales.
Whale fin whales are long and slim posture. Fin whale's body brownish gray but the lower surface lighter. There are two subspecies: northern fin whales in the North Atlantic and the Antarctic fin whales in the southern oceans. These whales can be found in all the world's major oceans, from polar regions to tropical seas. The Pope can not be found in the icy waters as in the Arctic and the Antarctic. These whales also can not be found in small waters far from the open ocean. Largest population of whale found in warm and cold waters. Food whales are fish, squid and crustaceans, including mysidacea and krill.Just like all other large whales, fin whales hunted during the 20th century and is now an endangered species. International Whaling Commission (IWC) whaling ban, but ICELAND and JAPAN still expressed a desire to do the hunting. Some are quite disturbing msalah recovery of populations of this species include deaths due to collisions with ships, and noise pollution by humans.