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blue whales · Balaenoptera musculus
born 1950 47 777 → 15 000 individuals about 69% fewer than when you were born.
method IWC/IUCN by decade, interpolated.
born 1970 5 000 → 15 000 individuals about 3× as many as when you were born.
about a quarter of a million before whaling. a few thousand by 1966. protected that year, everywhere.
born 1990 7 000 → 15 000 individuals about 2.1× as many as when you were born.
about a quarter of a million before whaling. a few thousand by 1966. protected that year, everywhere.
born 2010 10 000 → 15 000 individuals about 1.5× as many as when you were born.
about a quarter of a million before whaling. a few thousand by 1966. protected that year, everywhere.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=blue%20whales" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · blue whales"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- IWC/IUCN by decade, interpolated.
- range
- ±40% on current global count
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- global count is poorly known; Antarctic population best studied.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-088 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0