He was certainly impressive - a 70ft, 70-ton
finback whale caught off the coast of Norway in 1952.
The photos show a
finback whale lying belly-up in the water while a great white shark chomped on its remains.
The Kashmir grey langur, Indus dolphin,
finback whale, Balochistan bear, musk deer, hog deer, Indian pangolin, Egyptian vulture, green turtle and Indian narrow-headed turtle are endangered.
And of the three, Iceland is the only country to hunt the endangered
Finback whale.
Beside it, there is a museum of sea creatures, which showcases various sponges, shells and mummified fishes, as well as a complete
finback whale skeleton, an aquarium, and a ship repair workshop.
With an area of 138,000 sq km, Agoa will make it possible to reinforce the protection of emblematic but threatened species, like the sperm whale, the humpback whale and the
finback whale, to sustainably manage their habitats and to ensure that they are considered in the development of human activities.
Janwillem van de Wetering's wry evocation of the state of Maine (double meaning intended) was delightful, but he states that the
finback whale is "the largest creatures ever to live on this planet." The finback must take second place to the blue whale.
The talks ended in a stinging defeat for Japan, which had tabled two proposals for lifting the ban on selling Mink whales (
finback whale from the Northern Hemisphere) and for allowing Bryde whales (North Pacific) to be hunted again.
Every day… we spearfished, swam with whale sharks, saw dolphins up close and even caught a glimpse of a
finback whale. We also hiked up steep cliffs with amazing views.” Just as his mom had done 21 years earlier, Nino visited local students and participated in a beach clean-up.
finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific