Distribution

• Australian, South African, and Tasmanian coasts
• Most areas of southern hemisphere

Diet

• Eats copepods

Description

• About 6 meters in length
• Weighs 3-4 tons
• 420-460 baleen plates
• plates max of 70 cm
• gray-black color
• has a dorsal fin
• narrow round flippers

Behavior

• sticks in groups of 1-2
• inactive
• rarely observed

Population

• unknown

Longevity

• unknown

Human influence

• never whaled
• sometimes tangled in fishing nets

Other

• looks exactly like the Minke whale