The Quiz: The highest concentration of southern right whales breed near the Valdes Peninsula of what country?
A Chile
B Brazil
C Argentina
Every winter off the Patagonian coast of Argentina, the Valdes Peninsula hosts the largest breeding population of southern right whales in the world, about 2,000. The country has designated the area the Southern Right Whale Natural Monument to ensure their protection in this sensitive spot. Once hunted nearly to extinction, southern right whales now number about 10,000 worldwide.
The correct answer to this quiz is Argentina.