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A fact from Southern right whale appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 July 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Southern Right Whales off the coast of Argentina 'sail' by raising their flukes and catching the wind?

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Is this the same as the "Southern Wright Whale"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aetheogamous (talk • contribs) 20:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Work needed

The fact that the three right whale species are so similar implies that most of the info in them should be the same. Should we factor the common info into the genus article? for instance, that article already has the bowhead as a right whale.

NZ population estimate is grossly wrong

202.160.49.20 (talk) 03:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)The article states: "Population estimates in New Zealand waters has risen from 16,000 to 22,000-32,000[18], a record high".[reply]

This figure is about three orders of magnitude too high and appears to be a misquotation from the Otago Daily Times article, which referred to historic numbers in the Southern Ocean.

Conservation status symbol things.

Wait a second, the stuff mentioned under Conservation and the Conservation status symbols do not match. Either one is out-dated or someone's been messing with it, the symbol says it is in the "Least Concern" category while the article says it should be endangered. Can someone take a look at this? - 120.136.5.36 (talk) 07:07, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Archaeological evidence from Spain

An interesting article just published: Álvarez-Fernández, Esteban (2014). "Occurrence of whale barnacles in Nerja Cave (Málaga, southern Spain): Indirect evidence of whale consumption by humans in the Upper Magdalenian". Quaternary International. 337: 163–169. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.014..

In short, barnacles from a species which is currently only found on the southern right whale have been identified in a Spanish cave, dating to ~14,000 years ago; this was near the end of the last glacial period, and the authors suggest that this may be the result of changes to ocean circulation cooling the waters around the Equator and allowing the southern populations to drift north. (They also note the alternative that an individual simply got lost!) Perhaps worth mentioning in passing in the distribution section - are there any other known cases of a southern right outside of the normal range? Andrew Gray (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Real whale rider"

I commented out the following section because the only source was an undocumented Facebook photo: Legends of the Whale Rider are renowned in New Zealand, and real riders can be seen occasionally [1]. Galant Khan (talk) 16:06, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the entire paragraph (below), because it is pure original research.

All species of right whales are curious, playful, and very gentle to other species including humans, sometimes actively trying to give swimmers or kayaks a ride on their backs. Legends of the Whale Rider are renowned in New Zealand. In water, they are known to avoid harming swimmers.

It is completely irresponsible to portray whales as "playful" and "trying to give rides on their backs". No, they are feeding, and for a swimmer or kayaker to try to get "rides" amounts to nothing more than harassment of these animals. I personally knew a man who was killed when a surfacing whale capsized his kayak [2]. Granted, in that specific instance, it was not a right whale, but any species of whale can kill a person in this way. Encouragement of this behavior has no place in an encyclopedia.

—grolltech^(talk) 04:00, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Right

Does the 'right' stay for direction or like we say 'true'? Punëtori' Rregullt 06:33, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

They were called "right" whales by whalers because they continued to float after being killed, making them easier to process for their oil. Bahudhara (talk) 04:12, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're just repeating what secondary sources have said. We don't know why they're called that. It's all just speculation. BulbousCow (talk) 17:26, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an interesting article from the Nantucket Historical Association that may illuminate the question: The Right Whale…but Wrong Story. Eric ^talk 18:12, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've read Dolin's book. He's just repeating someone's opinion as well. My original statement still stands. BulbousCow (talk) 16:19, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]