Fin whales, which might measure as much as 85 ft lengthy and weigh 80 tons, are the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale. They eat krill and small fish, gobbling their prey as they swim alongside at speeds of as much as 25 miles an hour. That's so quick, says Helena Herr, …
Fin whales, which might measure as much as 85 ft lengthy and weigh 80 tons, are the second-largest animal species on Earth after the blue whale. They eat krill and small fish, gobbling their prey as they swim alongside at speeds of as much as 25 miles an hour. That’s so quick, says Helena Herr, an ecologist on the College of Hamburg in Germany, that it’s onerous for typical analysis vessels to maintain up.
Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty, Cowl: Dan Beecham
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