This article discusses about how whaling fleets nearly wiped out North Atlantic right whales last century. These large mammals are now threatened by other human behaviors like big ships, fishing gear and entanglement in federal bureaucracy. Hunters nicknamed these whales right whales because of their grounded personalities, shallow feeding habits and 70-ton bodies which make them the easiest or right whale to kill. These whales are one of the most endangered species with only about 300 of them still alive. Collisions with ships are the number one cause of mortality, and entanglement in fishing gear is the number two cause of putting these animals endangered. Some groups suggested that if large ships went faster through the whales' habitat, then the collision would be lower because the exposure would be small. A slow moving vessel takes longer to pass through their area and exposure will be greater.I think that finding ways to save this mammal and other aquatic animals is important because we don't want to have anymore animals to be extinct. I also agree that there are more animals that are being killed than being born. However I disagree with one of the plans of speeding the ships. I mean would you ever speed up in a school or children zone? The way I look at it, there will be a high chance of collision. At least if it was moving slowly, it can see where it's going and if it sees a whale, it can prevent it from running into it.
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