21. Sent to the Mediterranean in 1940, " Rorqual " began laying minefields and attacking enemy shipping. 22. Though badly damaged, the floating battery opened fire and forced the " Rorqual " to dive. 23. In 1999 and 2000, an unidentified species of rorqual was repeatedly seen in the waters of Komodo National Park. 24. Gestation in rorquals lasts 11 12 months, so that both mating and birthing occur at the same time of year. 25. Despite its name, the pygmy right whale is more genetically similar to rorquals and gray whales than to right whales. 26. Omura's whales, one of the least known of rorquals have been confirmed to range waters within the park. 27. Rorqual Balaenids ( right whales and bowhead whales ) have massive heads that can make up 40 % of their body mass.28. Because rorquals sank when they died, later versions of the exploding harpoon injected air into the carcass to keep it afloat. 29. This collision punched a hole in the " Endurance " but did not damage the " Rorqual ". 30. Rorquals are slender and streamlined in shape, compared with their relatives the right whales, and most have narrow, elongated flippers.
