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Whale Longevity in 2025
January 15 , 2025
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- The Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10% may live past 130 years.
- Some of these whales may live to 150.
- This lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.
- The North Atlantic right whales were also thought to have a maximum lifespan of about 70 years.
- This critically endangered species’ current average lifespan is only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50.
- Twenty-five years ago, scientists working with Indigenous whale hunters in the Arctic showed that bowhead whales could live up to and even over 200 years.
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