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Adult Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) surfacing in the Scotia Sea.The Fin Whale is also called the Finback Whale, Razorback, or Common Rorqual, and is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second largest whale and the second largest living animal after the Blue Whale, growing to nearly 27 meters (88 ft) long. A full-sized adult has never been weighed, but calculations suggest that a 25 meter (82 ft) animal could weigh as much as 70, 000 kilograms (154, 000 lb). Full physical maturity is not attained until between 25 and 30 years, although Fin Whales have been known to live to 94 years of age. A newborn Fin Whale measures about 6.5 meters (21 ft) in length and weighs approximately 1, 800 kilograms (4, 000 lb).[The Fin Whale is one of the fastest cetaceans and can sustain speeds of 37 kilometers per hour (23 mph, 20 knots), and bursts in excess of 40 kilometers per hour (25 mph, 22 knots) have been recorded, earning the Fin Whale the nickname " the greyhound of the seas". Like all other large whales, the Fin Whale was heavily hunted during the twentieth century and is an endangered species. Relatively little is known about the historical and current population levels of the Antarctic Fin Whale. The IWC officially estimates that the pre-whaling population of the Fin Whale in the Southern Hemisphere was 400, 000 whales, and that the population in 1979 (at the cessation of Antarctic large scale whaling) was 85, 200. Both the current and historical estimates should be considered as poor estimates because the methodology and data used in the study are known to be flawed. Other estimates cite current population levels of no more than 5, 000 whales and possibly as low as 2, 000 to 3, 000. As of 2006, there is no scientifically accepted estimate of current population or trends in abundance

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