North Atlantic Right Whale By: Rebecca

Physical CharacteristicsThe North Atlantic

Right Whale can be 45-55 feet long.

The North Atlantic Right Whale weighs up to 70 tons.

The North Atlantic Right Whale is black with white undersides.

LifespanThe North Atlantic

Right Whale’s lifespan is 50-100 years.

Eating Habits/DietThe North Atlantic

Right Whale is a carnivore.

The North Atlantic Whale eats zooplankton and krill.

PopulationIn the United States

Canada there are 350 North Atlantic Right Whales left.

Near the coast of north Europe and north west coast of Africa they are extinct.

Habitat/RangeIn Nova Scotia and

south eastern United States is where the North Atlantic Right Whales live.

They are also found within European waters.

AdaptationsThe N0rth Atlantic

Right Whale uses its baleen plates to filter food from the water.

The North Atlantic Right Whale’s black camouflage blends in with the bottom of the ocean.

The North Atlantic Right Whale’s nose is to smell their food.

Fun FactsThe North Atlantic

Right Whale’s calves are 13-15 feet long.

The water skimming across the North Atlantic Right Whale’s baleen plates make a clicking baleen rattle.

Endangered BecauseThey’re endangered

because human activities, entanglement in fishing gear, habitat degradation, and ship strikes.

ReferenceDefenders of the

Wild. 2012. www.defenders.org

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov