8.8K views · 1K reactions | The second largest animal to ever live on Earth, the fin whale, feeds on some of the smallest critters in the ocean known as krill. Fin whales can grow up to 85 feet (26 m) long & 160,000 pounds (72.3 metric tons), and consume up to 4409 lbs (2000 kg) of krill every day! : Delaney Trowbridge Photography | Ocean Conservation Research - OCR | Facebook

Here is a group of fin whales feeding on krill in Antarctica. It’s breathtaking to see so many whales. This should be how life is in Antarctica. Instead, this incredible scene is ruined, by a massive industrial trawler, plundering krill. It’s the very same krill these whales rely on. It’s time to end krill fishing. Krill is used for products we do not need. It is turned into pet food. It is used to help turn farmed fish flesh, such as salmon, pink. Finally, it’s used as krill oil for supposed hu