1. Eschrictus Robustus

Gray Whales/Whale

Gray Whales are a medium sized whale that live in the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Chuchki Sea is where they feed on the nutrient rich waters off Alaskas. They make a migration from the Bering Sea to the lagoons in Baja to mate and calf and then back up to Alaska annually. They have a grayish skin from the barnacles that attach to the whales skin, and the yellowing are actually whale lice. Grays are bottom feeders, they feed on crab-like creatures known as amphipods. They are a baleen whale as well. They have many obstacles on their journey, Orcas wait along the coast, waiting for the moms to bring their calfs back up the coast, they try to feed on these babies. As well as passing by numerous harbors on the journey back up where there is a lot of boat traffic. There are gray whale census' all along the coastlines as they migrate back to Alaska, where they keep track of the number of whales each year.
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Gray whale tail flukes rise above the surface before submerging below the surface.
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Gray whale tail flukes rise above the surface before submerging below the surface.

  • Mating pod of gray whales migrating southward towards the lagoons of Baja, Mexico.
  • A large pod of Gray whales, called a mating pod can consist of many males competing for one female.
  • A mating pod leaving the surface.
  • A gray whale dives deep in a calm Santa Barbara Channel.
  • A barnacle encrusted tail flukes of a gray whale.
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  • A gray whale tail fluking along the coast of Santa Cruz Island, CA.
  • A gray whale tail flukes to the awe of whale watchers.
  • The scars of many encounters with Orcas detail this gray whales tail flukes.
  • Tail Flukes raining water down on the surface as this whale lifts them high out of the water.
  • Gray whale tail flukes rise above the surface before submerging below the surface.
  • Gray whale tail flukes rise above the surface before submerging below the surface.
  • Gray whale migration, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
  • Gray whale migration, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
  • Gray whale migration, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
  • Gray whale migration, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
  • Gray whale migration, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.
  • Whale watchers watch as this gray whale slips below the surface.
  • Gray Whale surfacing.
  • Gray whale tailfluking with the scars of old barnacles that were once attached to its massive tailflukes.
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