VIDEO: Endangered fin whale seen feeding off coast of Long Island

HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y.– An enormous, endangered fin whale was caught on drone video swimming and feeding off the coast of Long Island, New York. 

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species on Earth, they usually’re quick swimmers, making it tough to catch a glimpse of them. 

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Video from Wednesday off Hampton Bays, reveals a big fin whale, with its lengthy glossy physique, V-shaped head and trademark hooked dorsal fin on its again.

In the video, the drone saved up with the whale because it swam, diving out and in of water in quest of meals. 

Drone operator Virginia Fitzgerald mentioned she found the whale whereas watching a humpback whale feed. 

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A pod of dolphins and seagulls joined the fin whale on its hunt.

In one clip, the whale opens its huge jaws, scooping in water and a few supply of meals, most definitely krill, small education fish or squid, based on NOAA Fisheries.  

Fin whales are endangered after many years of whaling considerably decreased their populations within the mid-1900s. 

They’re protected beneath the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 

Today, the first menace to fin whales is vessel strikes. 

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“Fin whales are probably the most vulnerable species to ship strikes after North Atlantic Right Whales,” NOAA FIsheries mentioned. 

In mid-June, a cruise ship in Alaska was seen carrying the physique of a pregnant, lifeless fin whale throughout its bow. 

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Early estimations imagine the whale was hit by the cruise ship. 

The most up-to-date inventory assessments of fin whale populations accomplished in 2016 estimated there have been roughly 6,800 fin whales alongside the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and Canada.