WorldWideWhale.com
A Web site dedicated to Cetaceans, the whales and dolphins of this blue planet,
and the people who fight to save them.
and the people who fight to save them.
January 01, 2008
Government silent on whaler watching
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December 24, 2007
Ferry speed called key to collisions with whales
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December 22, 2007
Japan commits to commercial whaling despite humpback backdown
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December 21, 2007
More action needed to save whales
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Gray Whales
The Gray whales of the Northern Pacific Ocean seem to be constantly on the move. Their migration up and down the West Coast is the longest of any mammal, a 5,000 mile trip done twice a year. In the fall, they swim south from their summer homes in the Artic Ocean, Western Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering Seas of Alaska to their calving areas in Baja California. Then again, in the Spring they make their way back north for the summer feeding season.
Called "devilfish" by whalers because of the female's ferocity in protecting their calves, these whales are in the family Mysticetes, or baleen whales in their manner of feeding, through baleen plates that act as filters for the whales to eat tiny marine life, thousands of pounds per day. Because of early protection from whaling, their numbers have gone from a low of around 2,000 in the late 1800's to about 23,000 today.
Gray Whales are known for their curiosity about humans, and their friendliness towards them.