Blue Whale Swimming In Ocean
by Chuck Ripper
Title
Blue Whale Swimming In Ocean
Artist
Chuck Ripper
Medium
Painting - Gouche Watercolor On Masonite
Description
Larger than even the largest dinosaur, the Blue Whale can measure up to 100 feet in length and weigh up to 120 tons. But size, to this great creature, is no great advantage. For the larger the whale, the greater the likelihood of being spotted by whalers. While many nations have agreed to limit or discontinue whaling through the International Whaling Convention, several have recently announced their intention to depart from its voluntary restrictions. This will once again threaten the massive Blue Whale, which when left to its own devices can live for nearly 80 years. The Red Data Book which enumerates species considered threatened, lists the Blue Whale as "critically endangered." The cause of its present status is undoubtedly due to man's depredations. For the Blue Whale was once the most important of the commercially hunted baleen whales. Yet in just 150 years, this behemoth of the sea has been virtually wiped out. Perhaps fortunately for the Blue Whale, it is a solitary creature that's at home in all the world's oceans, migrating annually from polar waters to tropical seas. If these enormous creatures were limited to one ocean or traveled often in large groups, they might face an even greater risk of being driven to extinction.
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