The blue whales are a very majestic creature of the deep that have been around for as long as the dinosaurs where roaming the earth. Unfortunately over the last few centuries the blue whales have been hunted nearly to complete extinction and now the populations are struggling to resize. With Japanese whaling fleets still looking for whale to catch for experiments and whale blubber there is still a chance that the blue whales will not make another century on this planet.

It is possible that the blue whales are getting close to extinction because of their giant size and this makes them and easy target. With the modern Japanese whaling ships they can easily outrun the blue whales so there is little chance of escape. The dwindling numbers from 200,000 blue whales around 200 years ago down to just a hand full of blue whales is a major worry for animal activists who have little chance in reviving this species.

The blue whales where commonly spotted in all the oceans of the world however today they are only present in a few, if seen at all. In 1931 it was estimated that nearly 30.000 blue whales where killed for their meat all around the world however it was not until 1966 that the whales where declared to be on the endangered species list by the international whaling commission. Today it is only one nation that hunts the whales however the Japanese government assure us that the whaling fleets will not target endangered species of whales.