Right whales were named because they were the “right” whales to hunt. They were simple to get being as how they swam inefficiently and drifted when they were murdered. Protected since 1935, their numbers are still low.
There are four species of right whales—the northern right whale, the southern right whale, the bowhead whale, and the pygmy right whale. The pygmy right whale is much humbler and slimmer than the alternate right whale species. It is in addition the just right whale to have a little, triangular blade on its back.
