YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT. THIS WAS BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2022. THIS IS A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURING THE MOMENT A PLYMOUTH MAN CAME WITHIN FEET OF A BREACHED HUMPBACK WHALE. MIKE MANFRED SAID THE WHALE ITSELF WAS ABOUT 15FT LONG. NOW THAT WAS A HUMPBACK WHALE. TODAY IS ALL ABOUT THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE. AND THEY ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. THERE ARE NOW FEWER THAN 360 REMAINING. AND OF THOSE ONLY AROUND 70 ARE BREEDING FEMALES. SO THAT IS A SMALL PART OF THE POPULATION TRYING TO EXTEND THE POPULATION WARMING OCEANS ARE SHIFTING THEIR FEEDING AND MIGRATION PATTERNS AS WELL. SO THERE IS A BIT OF A LINK TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS ONE OF THE THREATS TO THIS SPECIES. BUT THE OTHERS, AS YOU HEARD, HAVE TO DO WITH ENTANGLEMENT AND ALSO VESSEL STRIKES.