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| A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01135 | Gray whale, neonate calf and cow, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01133 | Gray whale, neonate calf and cow, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01139 |
| This neonate male gray whale calf was encountered near Big Sur, California during the southward migration. It is uncommon for gray whale calves to be born so far north of the Baja California (Mexico) calving lagoons, and it is unlikely that this calf survived long. | ||
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| Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01170 | Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01188 | Gray whale, synchronous blows, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01175 |
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| Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01173 | Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01190 | Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01182 |
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| Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01183 | Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01185 | Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01187 |
| Above: gray whales during the southern migration along the coast of central and southern California. Below: gray whales in Laguna San Ignacio, including some adult gray whale socializing likely related to courtship and mating. | ||
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| Courtship socialization, Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 01178 | Gray whales at sunset, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03387 | Courtship socialization, Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03393 |
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| Courtship socialization, Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03396 | Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03394 | Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03389 |
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| Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03391 | Two males compete for the attention of a female during courtship socialization, Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 06431 | Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon, Image 03399 |
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| Gray whale baleen, Eschrichtius robustus, Image 03388 | ||
| A closeup of gray whale baleen. Gray whales eat invertebrates found on and in the ocean floor. After gulping mouthfuls of mud and sand, gray whales push the water, sand and mud out of their mouths with their enormous tongues, using their baleen as a filter to retain the invertebrates. | ||
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