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Query: WhaleResult: 794th of 1591
Blue whale
Subject: Blue whale
Source: http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/lives.htm
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Blue whale


Lives of Whales

Blue whale
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Average length (m):
25-26.2
(females are larger)
Average weight (tonnes):
100-120
Conservation:
The primary target species of modern whaling,
it was reduced in all waters to very low levels
until protected in the mid-1960s. Showing some
signs of recovery in the Southern Hemisphere
and North Atlantic but generally remains at very low levels.
Distribution:

Whale
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