Animal of the Day: Southern Right Whale!

What distinguishes right whales from other whales is the lack of dorsal fins, callosities on the back (growths of skin that host colonies of whale lice), and the long arching mouth that begins above the eye.

These whales must stay in non tropic waters due to their immense amounts of blubber. Southern Right Whales live their lives in the waters from Antarctica to South America, South Africa, and South Australia.

Southern Right Whales go sailing for fun, the catch the wind in raised flukes and ride about.

Kelp gulls, a type of seagull, have been known to viciously peck at the whales and eat their blubber.

The right whale got it's name from the days of whaling when the right whale was the ideal whale to catch thanks to it's slow moving nature, and high levels of blubber.