← on nowLGR-028 · v0.1.0 · model · count (deaths); estimate (births) How many whales are killed every second, every day, every year?
whales · Cetacea
killed by humans
1,300
a year
4.12e-5
a second
4
a day
born, free
100,000
a year
3.17e-3
a second
274
a day
because we stopped.
method IWC catch records: commercial (Norway, Iceland, Japan) plus aboriginal subsistence takes. births from population size × birth rate.
- about three a day. many were older than you.source: IWC catch records
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=whales" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · 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 catch records: commercial (Norway, Iceland, Japan) plus aboriginal subsistence takes. births from population size × birth rate.
- range
- deaths 1,000–1,600/yr; births 60,000–150,000/yr
- confidence
- count (deaths); estimate (births)
- weakness
- birth number depends on population estimates that carry ±30% error.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-028 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0