If You Need Me, Call. Antarctic Blue Whale Vocalisation

By Fannie W. Shabangu, Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria; Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town

The Antarctic blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived on planet earth and an important constituent of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Despite encouraging recovery signs of approximately 7% per annum, it is estimated that only 1-3% of the pristine number of the species remains in the wild today.