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fin whale
noun
: a baleen whale (Balaenoptera physalus) that may attain a length of over 70 feet (21 meters) and is found chiefly in subtropical to arctic and antarctic waters worldwide
called also finback
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The demise, revival, and demise again of the fin whale.
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Longreads, 25 Oct. 2024
Cambridge University’s Museum of Zoology is using AI to let dead animals, like a cockroach and a fin whale skeleton, tell their own stories.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
But blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales are on the endangered list, and the Northern right whale is just about extinct – only about 350 of them are left on Earth.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Webb and Payne’s original paper on acoustic herd theory demonstrated that fin whale vocalizations—low-frequency sounds that carry long distances—could theoretically travel an astonishing 430 miles in certain areas of the ocean.
—Joanna Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Longreads, 25 Oct. 2024
Cambridge University’s Museum of Zoology is using AI to let dead animals, like a cockroach and a fin whale skeleton, tell their own stories.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
But blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales are on the endangered list, and the Northern right whale is just about extinct – only about 350 of them are left on Earth.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Webb and Payne’s original paper on acoustic herd theory demonstrated that fin whale vocalizations—low-frequency sounds that carry long distances—could theoretically travel an astonishing 430 miles in certain areas of the ocean.
—Joanna Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Fin whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fin%20whale. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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