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FACT FILE
                                                                                            NORTH ATLANTIC
                                                                                            RIGHT WHALE
                                                                                            EUBALAENA GLACIALIS
                                                                                            HABITAT Primarily coastal or
                                                                                            continental shelf waters
                                                                                            DIET Plankton such as
                                                                                            copepods, which are rarely
                                                                                            much more than 2mm long
                                                                                            THREATS Entanglement
                                                                                            in fishing gear, ship strikes,
                                                                                            habitat degradation and noise
                                                                                             !  IUCN RED LIST STATUS
                                                                                                ENDANGERED





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