/ 17 September 2023

Southern right whales dropped 23% in body weight

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From June until October, southern right whales give birth and nurse their calves in protected bays along the Southern Cape coast of South Africa.

This is because of a reduction and fluctuation in krill in their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean

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