Southern Right Whale - a white phase juvenile right whale
Southern Right Whale - a white phase juvenile right whale (Eubalaena australis). Off Puerto Piramide, Valdes Peninsula, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Each year 3 or 4 white calves are seen in the right whale population that breeds in the gulfs of the Valds Penisula. Few of them seem to reach adulthood, white adults are almost never observed. This juvenile (estimated 2 to 3 years old) is an exception
Picture No
10865419
Media ID
42944274
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5262px x 3508px
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Credit
© Francois Gohier / www.ardea.com
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Ardea Picture Library
Picture No
10865419
Contributor Ref
FG-EB-721
