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Tag Archives: Gray Whale

Gray Whale Swims Over Half Way Around the World

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Rick SpilmanJuly 17, 2021

In 2013, a male gray whale was spotted in Walvis Bay off Namibia, which was odd, as no gray whale had ever been seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Where did he come from? It took several years of research to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Biology Letters, Gray Whale, Namibia, Western gray whale

Mysterious Gray Whale Die-Off On West Coast Continues

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Rick SpilmanMay 8, 2021

In early April, four gray whales were found dead in the San Francisco Bay area in a span of eight days. Last week another three dead gray whales washed ashore in the Bay area. Further north, a dead gray whale … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore of the Sea | Tagged Gray Whale, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, UME, unusual mortality event

Woman Dies and Two Are Injured After Boat Hit by Gray Whale

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Rick SpilmanMarch 12, 2015

A Canadian woman was killed and two others were injured when a gray whale collided with their excursion boat off the resort city of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. One report said that the whale breached and landed on the boat filled … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore of the Sea | Tagged Cabo San Lucas, Gray Whale, whale watching

Gray Whale Sighted in South Atlantic, First Ever Observed Below the Equator

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Rick SpilmanMay 21, 2013

A gray whale has been sighted in Walvis Bay, Namibia.  This is amazing news, as gray whales were hunted to extinction in the North Atlantic by the 18th century and have never been sighted before south of the equator.  Gray whales … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Gray Whale, Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic
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