Meet the hundred-year-old whale, the longest living in the world

J2 or Granny is known as the oldest whale today.

Last weekend, on the coast of Vancouver Island, Georgia Strait, a hundred-year-old whale was discovered nicknamed Granny . Granny is now considered the longest "water monster" in the world ever recorded.

Granny is the oldest whale in the world today

Granny is a 103-year-old female whale, officially named J2. It is known that the average whale life cycle normally lives in the natural environment for 70 - 90 years, while male whales live for only 50-60 years. But if in captivity, these numbers are also significantly reduced by a series of limitations such as cramped living space, high exercise requirements, and a natural and psychological diet. family way.

Image of whale Granny, 103 years old

Granny was first encountered in the early 1930s. Later, when she became the mother and grandmother of a baby whale, Granny kept in constant contact with them despite being separated by the interference of human.