I don’t know what the projections are but seems like populations are growing/stable

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2024-12/2023-sar-blue-whale-enp.pdf

‘Almost all’ makes me wonder about what the other ones are

Makes sense they appeal to similar groups and both provide naive comfort of an unfalsifiable metaphysics instead of having to deal with the discomfort of the unknown and not knowing.

Sorry we all know the thunder lizard is brontosaurus, and thunder comes from lighting that’s just good science