Sentences with phrase «pygmy right»

The IWC has imposed a moratorium on the hunting of 10 species of whales (blue, bowhead, fin, gray, humpback, minke, pygmy right, right, sei, and sperm), and that moratorium only applies to nations who are members of the IWC and have not formally objected to the ban.

This group includes 11 species ranging in length from the pygmy right whale at 21 feet (6.4 m) to the largest whale, the blue whale at 100 feet (30.5 m).

Pygmy right whales are so rarely sighted that scientists know very little about their lifestyle, and the fossil record is sparse, too.

Until now, all available evidence suggested that the pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata, and its ancestors have been steadfast Southern...

Making his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers.

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Another possibility is that pygmies are evolutionarily programmed to stop growing right after puberty so that they'll have enough time to bear children, the idea being that their body's resources can be channeled into bearing offspring.

Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples» rights, has uncovered serious abuses of Baka «Pygmies» in southeast Cameroon, at the hands of anti-poaching squads supported and funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).