Right whales live longer than bowheads

This is a news story, published by MSN, that relates primarily to Utqiavik news.

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Study reveals right whales live 130 years—or more

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Scientists working with Indigenous subsistence hunters in Utqiavik used chemical analysis of harvested bowhead whales to show they can live more than 200 years .

Extreme longevity is a trait common to the right whales' cousins, the bowheads.

Researchers used the data to construct survivorship curves similar to those used by insurance companies to calculate human life expectancies.

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