Common minke whale this mistake during Foyn's whaling operations in the Varanger Fjord between 1868 and 1885." It has formerly been known as the little piked whale, the lesser or least rorqual, and the sharp-headed finner. American whalemen in the 19th century simply thought of them as "young finbacks" or a "Finback's calf", apparently under the impression that they were juveniles of their larger relative, the fin whale. They were also called zwergwal (German: "dwarf whale") or vågehval (Norwegian: "bay whale"). In Japan they are called koiwashi-kujira ("little sardine whale") or minku-kujira ("minke whale"). In Greenland they are known by the Danish name
Whale barnacle However, the cirri reorient during copulation. During copulation, the male fully extends its cirri, and the penis begins a searching movement around its circumference. The pair then begin a series of intense cirral movements which was observed in "Cryptolepas" as lasting around 32 seconds. Whale barnacles typically attach to baleen whales. A single humpback whale may carry up to of barnacles. Whale barnacles usually settle on patches of roughened, calcified skin called callosities. Infestations tend to form a unique pattern for an individual whale, and can be used as identifying markers by researchers and perhaps by other whales. Since barnacles