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North Atlantic right whale with solitary calf. Whale reproduction follows K-selection strategy, with few offspring, long gestation, long parental care, and a long period until sexual maturity. The r/K selection theory is an evolutionary hypothesis examining the selection of traits in an organism that trade off between quantity and quality of offspring. Species which produce more offspring at the expense of reduced individual parental investment are termed r-strategists, while those which make greater parental investment at the expense of a reduced quantity of offspring are termed…

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