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ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Long-finned pilot whale

ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN AS blackfish or pothead whales, pilot whales can be found almost worldwide and come in two varieties: short-finned and longfinned. Both are very similar in appearance, but it’s the latter that we’ll be taking a closer look at in this article.

Where do they live?

Long-finned pilot whales live throughout the cold and temperate waters of the southern hemisphere, as well as in the North Atlantic Ocean. Short-finned pilot whales live in temperate

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