After data and research from last year – our first HUMPBACK CALF is LATE this year, our first Humpback Calf was spotted on the 24th of July, according to our scientist at MCM in cape Town last year our first calf was spotted 10days earlier!
……””””changing perceptions ::: these days, many people bemoan the development of plastics and the central role that carbon-based fuels play in our economies. But it was these developments that in the end completely shut down what was once a thriving whaling industry. Some stocks of whales, such as the Southern Hemisphere Blue Whales, due to their enormous yields, were harvested to levels which might even today still result in their Southern Hemisphere extinction. It is estimated that this population of Blue Whales is around one or two thousand animals, representing 0.008% of their original population. The decimation of this gene pool might see the extinction of this Southern Hemisphere species, the biggest animal to have ever lived on earth. In 1946, the formation of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) initiated a shift towards whales, and now more and more whales are being regarded not as a commodity or food source, but rather an important tourism resource”””””……
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