There are about 13,600 of these Southern Right Whales left in the world. These whales can be up to 56 feet (17 meters) long. The longest city buses are about 40 feet (12 meters) long. They can weigh up to 51,000 pounds (23,000 kilos) or 25 tons, more than ten average cars.

Southern Rights are not as big as Blue Whales who hove hearts as big as Toyotas.

So, why didn’t this whale eat the paddle boarder? The whale was not interested. These whales only want to eat tiny shrimp and plankton, which they filter out of the water with baleens, hundreds of filtering structures that hang down from their upper jaws.