{"id":68216,"date":"2025-10-11T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68216"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:42:43","slug":"southern-right-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/southern-right-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Right Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Southern Right Whale Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern right whales are producing fewer calves, signaling environmental disruption due to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Southern Right Whale<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The southern right whale is <\/span><b>one of four species, or types, of right whales.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like all whales, <\/span><b>right whales are mammals that live in the ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but breathe air at the surface.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is said that right whales got their name from whalers who considered them the \u201cright\u201d whales to hunt, because they were easy to kill and had body parts that were valuable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Eubalaena australis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Southern Right Whale <\/b><b>Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are found in the <\/span><b>oceans of the<\/b> <b>Southern Hemisphere.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>usually live in sheltered bays,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but in <\/span><b>summer they can be found in the cold water around Antarctica.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern right whales visit the South African coast from May to November each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Southern Right Whale <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are mostly <\/span><b>dark gray or black.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can be up to 60 feet (18 meters) long, and they weigh about 60 tons.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The head is very large. It is about one-quarter of the length of the animal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The head has<\/span><b> distinctive white calluses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which are h<\/span><b>ome to colonies of parasites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>large amounts of fat called blubber<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that protects them from cold temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Southern Right Whale <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as &#8216;<strong>Least Concern<\/strong>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/southern-right-whales-are-having-fewer-calves-what-this-says-about-ocean-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The southern right whale is one of four species, or types, of right whales.  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