bowhead
Noun
Meaning
The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale.
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Although whales do not possess fully developed hind limbs, some, such as the sperm whale and bowhead whale, possess discrete rudimentary appendages, which may contain feet and digits.
Between 1849 and 1866, American whaleships cruised for bowhead whales in the waters off Okhotsk.
The hunt takes around 50 bowhead whales a year from a population of about 10,500 in Alaskan waters.
"Bowhead whales (closely related to right whales) are capable of living 200 years," she said.
In April 2009 Greenland landed its first bowhead whale in nearly forty years after being given a quota by the IWC in 2008 for two whales a year until 2012.
In August 2010, two bowhead whales from West Greenland and Alaska, respectively, entered the Northwest Passage from opposite directions and spent approximately 10 days in the same area.