Gray whale - Wikipedia
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), [1] also known as the grey whale, [5] is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age.
Gray Whale | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Gray whales have a hump and a ridge of sharp bumps along their backs, instead of a dorsal fin. They are a type of baleen whale, which means they filter food from the water through special bristly structures in their mouths. Gray whales stay close to shore and feed in shallow water.
Gray Whale | NOAA Fisheries
Apr 13, 2023 — Gray whales are known for their curiosity toward boats in some locations and are the focus of whale watching and ecotourism along the west coast of North America. Gray whales make one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal, traveling about 10,000 miles round-trip and in some cases upwards of 14,000 miles.
Gray whale | Migration, Feeding Habits & Conservation
Jul 6, 2024 — Gray whale, (Eschrichtius robustus), a slender baleen whale having a profusion of external parasites that give it the appearance of a barnacle-encrusted rock. The gray whale attains a maximum length of about 15 metres (49 feet). It is gray or black, mottled with white, and has short yellow baleen.
Gray Whale | National Geographic
The gray whale is one of the animal kingdom's great migrators. Traveling in groups called pods, some of these giants swim 12,430 miles round-trip from their summer home in Alaskan waters to the...
Everything You Need to Know About Gray Whales
Dec 1, 2022 — They are among the top ten largest whale species and about half the size of a blue whale, the largest animal on the planet. But gray whales are by no means small; they weigh approximately 60,000-80,000 pounds on average, more …
The Gray Whale: Past, Present, and Future - National …
Jan 11, 2024 — The gray whale ( Eschrichtius robustus ) is the official marine mammal for the U.S. state of California. There were once three stocks of gray whales—one in the Atlantic Ocean, long extinct; one in the western Pacific; and a third in the eastern Pacific.
Gray whale - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
Gray whales are the most coastal of the large whales, rarely venturing more than 20 – 30kms offshore. They are found predominantly in shallow coastal waters of the north Pacific Ocean.
Gray whale - IWC
Gray whales are found in coastal waters of the North Pacific. The greatest numbers occur along the west coast of Canada, the United States and Mexico, but small numbers are observed every year in near-shore waters of eastern Russia and Japan.
Gray whale - Whale SENSE
Gray whales carry over 400 pounds of barnacles and whale lice. They are the only baleen whale in which the upper jaw is longer than the lower jaw.
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