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"The Right Whale"

Oil on Canvas

30" x 48"

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One of the most endangered whales in the world is the North Atlantic Right Whale.  Its’ name comes from the idea that it was the “right” whale to hunt.  It was slow moving, floated after death and had enormous amounts of oil and baleen.  Even though commercial whaling ended in 1935, fewer than 500 Right Whales ae alive today.

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