Think about how all the northern right whales currently alive are the product of only three different females. Why does it matter that we know this? What importance might this have to scientists as they try to develop strategies to help the right whales build up their numbers?

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anonymous · Answer

whales are one of the few aquatic mammals that are known to possess a developed brain. They show nurturing of the youngones and other distict traits including vocal communication.
Understanding this would be very useful to understand our own position in nature.

This however, is a biology question and has no place in physics.