Regarding this, where do southern right whales live?
The Southern Right Whale inhabits the southern and sub-antarctic oceans except during the winter breeding season. During this breeding season the whales migrate to warmer temperate waters around the southern parts of the African, South American and Australian land masses.
Similarly, what do Southern Right whales eat? Southern right whales feed mainly on copepods, krill, mysids and plankton, among other tiny crustaceans. They are baleen whales - they don't have any teeth, and feed by filtering food through 220-260 baleen plates which hang from each side of their upper jaws.
Correspondingly, where are right whales found?
Two other species of right whales exist in the world's oceans: the North Pacific right whale, which is found in the Pacific Ocean, and the Southern right whale, which is found in the southern hemisphere.
Why are they called Southern right whales?
Land-based whaling in Australia initially concentrated on southern right whales. They get their name because they were the 'right' whale to catch: they were slow-swimming, floated when dead, and provided large amounts of valuable products – particularly oil for illumination and lubrication.
