What is the maximal age a Fin whale reaches?
An adult Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) usually gets as old as 116 years.
Fin whales are around 338 days in the womb of their mother. When born, they weight 1900 kg (4188.78 lbs) and measure 6.27 meter (20′ 7″). As a member of the Balaenopteridae family (genus: Balaenoptera), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 20.65 meter (67′ 9″).
As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.
The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale, is a cetacean belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. It is the second-largest species on Earth after the blue whale. The largest reportedly grow to 27.3 m (89.6 ft) long with a maximum confirmed length of 25.9 m (85 ft), a maximum recorded weight of nearly 74 tonnes (73 long tons; 82 short tons), and a maximum estimated weight of around 114 tonnes (112 long tons; 126 short tons). American naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews called the fin whale “the greyhound of the sea … for its beautiful, slender body is built like a racing yacht and the animal can surpass the speed of the fastest ocean steamship.”The fin whale’s body is long and slender, coloured brownish-grey with a paler underside. The fin whale is a large baleen whale that belongs to the Cetacean order, which includes all species of whale, dolphin, and porpoise. At least two recognized subspecies exist, in the North Atlantic and the Southern Hemisphere. It is found in all the major oceans, from polar to tropical waters. It is absent only from waters close to the ice pack at the poles and relatively small areas of water away from the open ocean. The highest population density occurs in temperate and cool waters. Its food consists of small schooling fish, squid, and crustaceans including copepods and krill.Like all other large whales, the fin whale was heavily hunted during the 20th century. As a result, it is an endangered species. Over 725,000 fin whales were reportedly taken from the Southern Hemisphere between 1905 and 1976; as of 1997 only 38,000 survived. Recovery of the overall population size of southern subspecies is predicted to be at less than 50% of its pre-whaling state by 2100 due to heavier impacts of whaling and slower recovery rates.The International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued a moratorium on commercial hunting of this whale, although Iceland and Japan have resumed hunting. The species is also hunted by Greenlanders under the IWC’s Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling provisions. Global population estimates range from less than 100,000 to roughly 119,000.
Animals of the same family as a Fin whale
Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Balaenopteridae):
- Bryde’s whale becoming 72 years old
- Sei whale becoming 74 years old
- Common minke whale becoming 50 years old
- Blue whale becoming 110 years old
- Humpback whale becoming 95 years old
Animals that reach the same age as Fin whale
With an average age of 116 years, Fin whale are in good companionship of the following animals:
- Killer whale usually reaching 100 years
- Blue whale usually reaching 110 years
- Homo sapiens usually reaching 122.5 years
- Humpback whale usually reaching 95 years
Animals with the same number of babies Fin whale
The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:
- Beluga whale
- Red slender loris
- Insular flying fox
- White-bellied spider monkey
- Parma wallaby
- Ruwenzori otter shrew
- South American tapir
- Tibetan antelope
- Banded hare-wallaby
- Peters’s trumpet-eared bat
Animals as big as a Fin whale
Those animals grow as big as a Fin whale:
- Sei whale with 17.44 meter (57′ 3″)