Whales are between the most intelligent marine mammals on earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal to ever exist. In spite of this history, industrial whaling has actually left the whale animals exceptionally endangered. Thankfully, whaling has actually been ended in many countries, however still exists in some. The influence of this continued whaling endangers the existence of the animals, and if not stopped, could wipe out whales.
The negative influence humans have actually had on whales stems from the commercial hunting for meat and perfume ingredients. More than 2 million whales were killed in the early 20th century. By the middle of the 20th century, whales were seriously endangered and amounts were depleted. In 1986 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling, but Japan goes on to neglect this ban. When the ban was in place, Japan went on to hunt whales utilizing a loophole that offers for medical research. The meat from these hunts is offered in shops and restaurants. Though Japan is skirting the guidelines, and it is frowned upon by the IWC, the IWC still allows it.
One business has actually strongly objected to this wrongful activity and has actually aimed to conserve the whales from near extinction. The Marine Shepherd is an international non-profit organization that was established last 1977. As stated in their mission statement, the business aims to stop the damage of the marine environment and the slaughter of wildlife around the entire world’s oceans in order to safeguard and protect the animals and ecosystems.
Marine Shepherd has boats and crews and go out to intervene throughout whale hunts. This is a dangerous and life-threatening undertaking for Marine Shepherd’s companies, but they go on to go to conserve the whales from slaughter. As recently as 2010, 3 Sea Shepherd ships intervened
against unlawful whaling tasks and one motorboat was purposely rammed and sunk by the Oriental. When the captain attempted to serve an invoice upon the Oriental for his sunken boat, he was taken to a Japanese prison. The Sea Shepherd’s continuing to be crews were not prevented and followed the Eastern fleets for three weeks, and not one single whale was killed throughout that time.
Whales deserve to live and be enabled to repopulate. The intercontinental community has actually recognized this, and Sea Shepherd is fighting to uphold the will of the United Nations. If you desire to know more about the fight to save whales and just how you can easily help, drop by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for more details. Opportunities exist to become a crew member and fight directly, donate, or offer support on-shore. Whatever you choose, you might be helping to preserve the range of life on Earth and to guard a noble, deserving creature.
The boats from Japan left today to go out and murder 50 Humpback whales, What can we do to stop them? Drive our Honda, toyota what ever other Japanise car into the ocean as a protest???? Does anyone have a address to at least send them a letter of protest?
murder only applies to humans. If they eat and use the body for various products, we have no right to tell them they can’t. How would you like a Hindu to tell you that you can’t eat that steak or Big Mac? And, btw, I like my Honda. Runs better and cheaper on gas than most American cars i have had.
well it is really unfair to stop them from doing so it has been a staple for them for hundreds of years you should protest the eskimos to
When was the Last Time you used Whale oil in your lamps??
Perhaps torpedo’s would be effective.
Has your town ever been plagued by low flying, migrating midget humpback whales? If so, what was it like?
That’s the only thing that ever happens in our town. We now embrace it, holding the Low Flying Migrating Midget Humpback Whale Plague Festival every February 29th on leap years. Then they destroy the town and we all die. Then, in their pity, the bring us back to life and then we rebuild the town
MC Hop ‘n’ Pop stole my answer. Not really. It’s better than anything I could come up with.
I don’t remember.
Oh, yeah, it was absolutly terrible! I was constipated for weeks after that.
I remember it was a very dark time…and noisy too. But it was so long ago most don’t recall it. Besides, the carnivorous monkeys with top hats and banjos wearing shiny red vests who invaded shortly after get credit for actually destroying the town..
oh yea. we’re famous for that kind of stuff.
Why can’t humpback whales survive in fresh water? My dad said that it was because God made it that way; true; I guess, but there has to be some scientific reason to it.
A humpback whale can survive just fine in freshwater. It will not take in water and explode. The main reason the whale dies in freshwater systems is that there is no food for it there, the freshwater is much more shallow and the whale becomes sunburned and there are typically boats, people and land surrounding it which stresses the whale. Also, the pH of the freshwater is different which can irritate the whales skin, leading to parasites taking hold and stressing the whale. The whale is also probably is poor shape when it enters freshwater, which could be why it dies in the first place.
yes there is. Why don’t pigs fly? Because they don’t have wings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis “Osmosis is an important topic in biology because it provides the primary means by which water is transported into and out of cells.” That would be the key. They pump full of water…they’d explode slowly, like cherries in too much rain. On the other hand, if you put a fresh water creature into salt water, it dries out. You can see that on your hand – if you take a long bath, your hand is all crimpled because of the water drained out of your skin.
why do humpback whales have white pectoral fins? or as my 4-year old put it “why are its flippers white adn it’s body blue?”
Chevy you are wrong, tell me one predator that the humpback whale has? anyways back to the question….. there are less skin tone cells in the pectoral fins, the pectoral fins have to be so strong to power all the weight of the humpback, what it has done to adapt, is taken all the things that it doesnt need (AKA the skin tone cells) to make it stronger, and it can put more muscle in the fin to power the hump back whale
The bottoms are white and the top is blue. This is a form of evolved camouflage. Blue on top makes it hard to see from above and white on the bottom makes it difficult to see from below. You’ll see similar coloration on several marine mammals and some fish.
Why is it that only Humpback Whales get stuck? Why do you never hear of any other type of whale getting stuck?
In Australia where there are many humpback whales, you never hear of one being beached. The whales that are beached are those that swim in pods such as dolphins, pilot whales, pygmy sperm whales and sperm whales.
Actually, reports of other whale species, such as grey whales, or pilot whales becoming stuck or beaching are not at all uncommon. Some species, like blue whales, probably don’t get stuck in situations like that as often simply because they normally inhabit much deeper waters, and don’t get close to the shore like humpbacks, greys, pilots, orca and dolphins often do.
Why do humpback whales have such long pectoral fins? Why are they so long? I saw videos of humpback whales interacting with humans on a boat, slapping their fins on the water. Are they trying to talk to the humans, or are they talking to other nearby whales? hmm.