Every year the Arctic Right Whales (Eubalaena Mysticetus) visit the seashore of Santa Catarina between july and november. Here is their natural birthplace, since they find calm water and good weather temperature to give birth.
There used to be about 100.000 Arctic Right Whales (Eubalaena Mysticetus) in the South Hemisphere and today there are only about 7.000 of this kind left. During many decades they were hunted for commercial purposes: the fins were used as corsets and their fat was made into oil for lightening the cities and manufacture of mortar. The Santa Martha’s lighthouse, a famous city in south Brazil for its historical background, is the highest building on earth built with whale oil.
Today there´re two whales in joaquina beach just a few steps from our headquarters!!!
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