Southern Right Whales

Southern Right Whales, the gentle giants of the oceans, are very active in coastal waters and it is known that they are very curious and playful.According to observations these giants will tend to interact with humans more than any other whale species.
They have very strong maternal connections with the locations where they were born and they will return to their birth spots.These whales  weigh about average 40 tons and are about  14m long. A pregnancy is more or less 12 months.At birth  calves are about 6m long and can nurse for about  6 to 12 months.
The most common place to them in the southern hemisphere is Hermanus,South Africa and is known as the whale watching mecca of the world.