Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #26919
The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally live into their seventies. The difference? Southern whales aren’t facing entanglements in fishing gear and boat collisions at the same rate.
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Dave Wurtzel
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Connecticut Public
David Lawlor
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Rhode Island PBS
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