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	Finwhale in the Fiji Islands (Balaenoptera physalus) The fin whale baleen whales, it is the largest animal after the blue whale,grows to over 20 meters and weights over 60 tons. The fin whale is a cosmopolit, found from polar to tropical oceans it prevers open sea and avoids shallow coastal waters. As a baleen whale its a filter feder and diets on small schooling fish, squid, and crustaceans such as krill.   Whalewatching tours for fin whales concentrate on moderate oceans where they are regulary seen.   In Fiji encounters  with fin whales are random events during boating or shipping trips between the islands as Fiji seems  to be only a pass trough during their travels around the worlds oceans. Whaling The fin whale was heavily hunted in the 20 century. About 750 000 animals where slaughtered from 1900 till 1979, for oil and baleen. Today only about 50 thousand fin whales are left in the worlds oceans.
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