Nahagdhag

Nahagdhag is the Hebrew word for "drive fish", it can drive to extinction most species both land and water. The genus name Herodecetus is for "Herod's whale" in Latin, and obscura means "hidden" or "obscure."

The Nahagdhag is a huge rorqual with some barnacles on its limbs and mouth. Unlike its relatives, the humpback and fin whales, its body is jagged and pointed, with hill-like fins on the waist, down, and back.

The Nahagdhag used a feeding technique called lunge-feeding to catch small schooling fish, krill, and copepods. The Nahagdhag can dive for 5 to 15 minutes on average; it can't go as deep as fin or blue whales. This species is a long-distance migrant from the Middle East to the North Sea, and it probably uses low-frequency vocalizations for navigation. This species makes use of its speed; in brief bursts, it may reach 40–50 km/h.

Since these whales are the only rorquals with an enlarged throat, it is biologically impossible for Nahagdhag to consume anything, including humans. Whales' massive jaws are too narrow to swallow humans, while Nahagdhag's throat is larger than most sewer pipes and can easily swallow anything. Together with macropredatory sperm whales, they are the only whales with mouths big enough to devour humans.

The Nahagdhag's primary food sources were copepods and krill; they also unintentionally consumed tiny sharks, rays, sardines, anchovies, and other foods. Orcas are their principal predators; attacks are rare, but the main threats to this species include sperm whales, great white sharks, monk seals, and people. They play a major part in the ecosystem of this species by consuming zooplankton and dropping "whale pump" nutrient cycling, in which whales use their fecal plumes to carry nutrients to the surface and repopulate phytoplankton.

Reproduction

• Mating season: Winter (offshore).

• Gestation: ~13.5 months.

• Calving: Typically 1 calf, born in winter/spring; ~4.9 m long at birth.

• Nursing period: 6–10 months.

• Sexual maturity: 6–17 years.

The Nahagdhag is typically elusive, silent, and stays away from boats. This whale is not as acrobatic as humpbacks; it rarely breaches or engages in surface shows. It frequently travels in small groups of two to five and seldom forms huge aggregations outside of feeding zones. Nahagdhag are much more aggressive than rorquals, and they can get stuck inside mouths and suffocate because of their big throats. This whale is compassionate toward other species.

This species, like other large whales, are under danger from environmental change, especially toxics and habitat loss. Additionally, ship hits and getting hooked in fishing gear can injure Nahagdhag. Despite the fact that commercial whaling is no longer a threat, climate change and its effects on krill, the primary prey of Nahagdhag, render this cetacean particularly susceptible.

Threats

• Historical whaling: Millions killed globally; populations still recovering.

• Ship strikes: Especially near shipping lanes.

• Entanglement in fishing gear.

• Noise pollution: Interferes with communication.

• Climate change: Reduces copepod abundance in some regions.

• Pollutants: Heavy metals, PCBs accumulate in blubber.

Conservation Status

• IUCN Red List: Endangered (EN)

Conservation Efforts

• IWC moratorium on commercial whaling.

• CITES Appendix I.

• Habitat protection.

• Anti-poaching enforcement.

• Rescue and rehabilitation centers.

• Awareness campaigns against illegal pet trade.

Nahagdhag was reported in Israel and nearby countries in the Mediterranean Sea during antiquity to modern times.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Individual Type: Nomadic/Pod

• Population Trend: Increasing

• Population: 

  • Earth: 500

  • Berbania: ???

  • Reinachos: 70,000

• Locomotion: Aquatic

• Habitat: Littoral; Intertidal; Neritic Zone; Pelagic Zone; Benthic Zone; Abyssal Zone.

• Earth: see also

  • Extant: Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Palestine

  • Vagrant: Iran; Iraq

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You will need to adhere to two principles in order to tame the whale. To continue feeding the whale is the first step. The second is to get rid of or divert the animals that are around the whale. To stay near to the blue whale, using a rapid water mount would be beneficial. These whales were shot to tranquilize them, feed them while they were asleep, and continuously overdose on opioids.

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• https://www.learnreligions.com/jonah-and-the-whale-700202

• https://www.pray.com/articles/the-story-of-jonah-and-the-whale

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