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	Gray Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gray Whale is the sole species in the genus Eschrichtius, which in turn is the sole genus in the family Eschrichtiidae.
		Gray Whales are covered by characteristic gray-white patterns, scars left by parasites which drop off in the cold feeding grounds.
		The Atlantic population of Gray Whales was hunted to extinction in the 17th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gray_Whale (1107 words)

	Gray Whale -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife
		Gray whales migrate along the coast of North America from California to the Arctic or from coastal Korea to Siberia to spend the summer in arctic regions.
		Gray whales prefer shallow waters and are often found within a mile and a half of shore in coastal waters and breeding lagoons.
		Pollution and the disturbance of calving lagoons by humans are the main threats to the gray whale.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/gray_whale.html (346 words)

	Gray Whale - Bagheera
		The gray whale is known as both the friendly whale and the fighting whale.
		The gray whale is an interesting case study because one population is extinct, one is endangered, and one is recovered.
		Whale meat now sells for about $300 per pound ($136 per kg) in Japan, and a recent DNA survey of whale meat for sale in Japan showed that 9 out of 16 samples, more than 50 percent, came from endangered whale species that are internationally protected.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_grywhale.htm (2500 words)

	Save the Whales
		In 1946, by international agreement, gray whales were given protection from commercial whaling and their population has grown to its current estimate of 21,000.
		Whale lice are orange-colored crustaceans that inhabit the same areas and folds and grooves, as well as the open surface of the skin.
		Save The Whales was opposed to their delisting for several reasons: it could diminish protection from noise pollution (caused by drilling or boat traffic); it could increase the possibility of oil exploration in their migration routes; and because of potential dangers from lack of genetic diversity and absence of genetic studies.
	www.savethewhales.org /gray.html (766 words)

	Gray Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gray whales were brought to the forefront of national media attention when a newborn stranded on the California coast in January.
		With the shortest and coarsest baleen of all Balaenid whales, gray whales are adapted for bottom-feeding.
		Gray whales are identified by a mottled gray body with clusters of barnacles and patches of orange to white whale lice.
	www.tmmsn.org /mmgulf/eschrichtius.html (401 words)

	MSN Encarta - Gray Whale
		Gray whales migrate between their winter calving lagoons off the coast of northern Mexico and their summer feeding areas in the northern Bering Sea—one of the longest migrations of any mammal.
		The diet of gray whales consists mainly of invertebrates that live in the muddy bottom of the Bering Sea.
		Gray whales are a favorite tourist attraction off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington states from November through April or May, when mothers and newly born calves can be seen as they migrate northward.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761579741 (625 words)

	Gray Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The gray whale is a baleen whale and has approximately 300 plates of cream-colored baleen hanging from its upper jaw.
		Gray whales generally stay around the continental shelf and are truly a coastal species.
		Gray whales can be seen passing by California in December and January during their southern migration, and again in March and April on their northern journey.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /encanto/graywhale/graywhaleinfo.html (571 words)

	NATURE. Critter Guide. Gray Whale. \| PBS
		Gray whales have several throat grooves that allow their throats to expand during the huge intake of water that occurs while feeding.
		Gray whales were nearly hunted to extinction for their flesh and oil.
		Whaling was halted in the U.S. in 1928.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/critters/whale.html (218 words)

	GRAY WHALE: ZoomWhales.com
		Gray whales breathe air at the surface of the water through 2 blowholes located near the top of the head.
		Gray whales live at the surface of the ocean near the coastline but dive to the bottom to feed.
		Gray whale breeding occurs mostly in the winter to early spring while near the surface and in warm waters.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Graywhale.shtml (1134 words)

	The Marine Mammal Center
		Gray whales are baleen whales, and each has approximately 300 plates of cream-colored baleen hanging from its upper jaw.
		Gray whales feed by sucking in bottom-dwelling animals, mostly amphipods (which are related to shrimp).
		In the late 1800s, the gray whale breeding grounds were discovered, and whalers killed a large percentage of the population.
	www.tmmc.org /learning/education/whales/gray.asp (958 words)

	Gray Whale watching in Big Sur, California
		Gray whales can be seen from the highway turnouts in Big Sur from December through April.
		The average weight of a gray whale is 16 tons (32,000 pounds) and some have reached weights of 30 to 40 tons.
		Gray whales surface surface every three to five minutes to breath and can remain submerged for up to 15 minutes.
	www.bigsurcalifornia.org /whalesgray.html (943 words)

	Orca Network - Gray Whale Tutorial
		The Gray whale gets its name from its mottled gray skin, which is covered with barnacles and “whale lice.” Many biologists believe Gray whales may have been among the first of the great whales to have evolved into their present form.
		Gray whales are appreciated for their “friendly” approaches to people in small boats in their mating and calving grounds, where they are often seen spy-hopping, lobtailing and breaching.
		The number of Gray whale deaths along the Pacific coast in 1999 was twice as high as any year dating back to 1985, and the highest in the 24 years records have been kept.
	www.orcanetwork.org /nathist/graywhales.html (937 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The gray whale population experienced a sharp decline during the middle of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a result of European and U.S. whalers harvesting the species off the Baja California coastline (Henderson 1972; Maldonado 1981; Ramos P. 1992; Sayers 1984; Scammon 1968; Whipple 1979).
		Gray whales have become the focus of a federal government public relations campaign through the media to illustrate Mexico's efforts to protect whales that are "...
		Gray whale conservation programs on the Pacific Coast and vaquita conservation programs in the Gulf illustrate that marine mammals cannot be separated from the human communities that affect them and their habitat on a daily basis.
	dizzy.library.arizona.edu /ej/jpe/serge.htm (19272 words)

	Eschrichtius robustus, Gray Whale at MarineBio.org
		The Gray whale has no dorsal fin but two-thirds of the way back on its body is a prominent dorsal hump followed by 6-12 knuckles along the dorsal ridge that extend to the flukes (tail) which is 3.7 m across, pointed at the tips and deeply notched in the center.
		Gray whale migration is the longest known of any mammal at 16,000-22,530 km round trip, migrating each fall and spring, mainly along the western coast of North America though not all whales make the migratory trip.
		Gray whales are the most coastal of the baleen whales and are often found within a kilometer of the coast, although an increase in boat traffic seems to have forced the whales to stay farther out.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=279 (1654 words)

	WhaleTimes:Fishin' for Facts-Gray Whales
		Gray whales, like some other baleen whales, are covered in whale lice and barnacles.
		During this annual migration, a gray whale can travel as far as 6,000 miles each way.
		Baleen whales have plates of baleen that hang from the upper jaw.
	www.whaletimes.org /whagray.htm (451 words)

	ACS gray whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		The whales remain in the lagoons for 2-3 months, allowing the calves to build up a thick layer of blubber to sustain them during the northward migration and keep them warm in the colder waters.
		There are some individual gray whales that are found year round in the Straits of Juan de Fuca between the State of Washington and Vancouver Island, Canada, and some that are seen during the summer months off the northern California coast.
		Orcas (killer whales) are a cause of gray whale deaths, and many gray whales have orca teeth scars on their flukes.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/graywhl.htm (1040 words)

	The Gray Whale Project
		The inspiration for The Whale Museum's Gray Whale Project "surfaced" in July 1995, when the carcass of a 28-foot juvenile gray whale washed ashore on Orcas Island, Wash. Albert Shepard, former curator of The Whale Museum, led the effort to salvage and clean the bones.
		The Gray Whale Project is now incorporated into the Museum's education program as a Whale Discovery Lab, and groups from diverse backgrounds and interest levels ranging from second graders through Elderhostel have participated in building the skeleton.
		The goal of the Gray Whale Project: Migrations Program is to foster youths' appreciation of whales, their natural marine environment and coastal ecology, through engaging activities that develop scientific skills, increase understanding of conservation issues, and promote environmental stewardship.
	www.whale-museum.org /programs/graywhale/grayproj.html (1205 words)

	The Friendly Whales of Mexico!
		Gray whales, at least in Mexican waters, are surprisingly warm to the touch.
		The picture shows a gray whale actually feeding on the bottom, as you can see the whale is feeding from the side of his(or her) mouth.
		Gray whales cruise at about 3 or 4 knots, it is this slow speed that makes it possible for the barnacles and lice to stay attached.
	www.dulcimoo.com /graywhale (1787 words)

	Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gray whales used to be known as "devilfish" because they fiercely defend themselves and their calves against whalers.
		The gray whale Western Pacific stock was believed to be extinct until 1925 when a few gray whales were seen off the coast of Siberia.
		Gray whales are mottled gray in color with a narrow V-shaped head.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /education/cetaceans/gray1.htm (205 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Gray Whale
		The Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is a whale which travels between feeding and breeding grounds yearly.
		In the fall, the California Gray Whale starts a 2-3 month, 8 000 – 11 000 km trip south along the west coast of the United States and Mexico.
		The whale feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans which it eats sideways from the sea floor.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Gray_Whale (1079 words)

	SEI: Gray whale bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		California Gray Whales are baleen whales, meaning that they strain their food from the surrounding water and mud using plates or baleen.
		Gray whales were late leaving their feeding grounds in Alaska.
		The lagoons are the birthing grounds of the California Gray Whale.
	www.sei.org /gray.html (355 words)

	grey whale advocate, whale watching in baja
		There is no experience in the world like looking a wild whale in the eye, then reaching out and gently rubbing her face while she lays on her side with her pressed against the side of our small launch.
		For dangers to the Gray Whale you should look to pollution in the Bering Sea from U.S. oil production, from lumber harvesting in the U.S. and Canada and finally from construction activities such as quarrying of gravel which causes siltation and smothers the small crustaceans that the gray whales eat.
		Lessening of the amphipod supply, caused by pollution was responsible for the death of 10,000 gray whales in the years between 2000 and 2004!
	www.greywhale.com (984 words)

	SDNHM - Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale)
		The gray whale has no dorsal fin, but a series of low round humps are present on the rear portion of the back.
		Most gray whales calve in the lagoons of Baja California, and as with all cetaceans, the young are born underwater and are able to swim immediately.
		When in their southern breeding grounds, the whales typically fast, although they are known to feed on sardines.
	www.oceanoasis.org /fieldguide/esch-rob.html (812 words)

	Gray whale mortality in fishing gear in British Columbia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gray whale mortality in fishing gear in British Columbia
		Abstract: Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mortality incidental to commercial fishing operations in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada was evaluated by two methods: 1) a mail-out questionnaire survey of all commercial fishing licence holders in the province, and 2) a review of records of incidental catches, strandings and dead floating animals from published and unpublished sources.
		From sources other than the questionnaire, 41 records of stranded and dead floating gray whales were obtained, of which 4 were judged to have been killed incidental to fishing operations.
	whitelab.biology.dal.ca /rwb/grayiwc.htm (291 words)

	Mosquito Fleet-Seattle Washington orca whale watching tour-Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Twenty thousand Gray Whales will journey along Washington's coast this Spring, en route from their breeding grounds in Mexico to feeding grounds in Alaska.
		Every Spring a small group of grays enter the shallow waters of our own backyard in search of ghost shrimp before continuing their migration northward.
		Gray whales are 'baleen' whales (as opposed to 'toothed' whales such as Orca), filtering their food from the seafloor or from the surrounding seawater using fine fibrous baleen plates.
	www.whalewatching.com (205 words)

	Journey North Gray Whale
		Whales are mammals, so what happens when a baby whale is born underwater?
		Do gray whales lose a lot of weight while in their breeding grounds?
		Is there just one population of gray whales in the world?
	www.learner.org /jnorth/search/GWhale.html (189 words)

	Whale Watching Spoken Here
		is a volunteer whale watching program during peak gray whale migration times coinciding with winter and spring breaks, recently dubbed a "migration-vacation" connection.
		Whale sightings and visitor counts for winter whale watch week Dec. 26, 2005 through Jan. 2, 2006.
		For year round whale watchers, here are a few whale watching tips: Gray whales may possibly be seen year round on the Oregon, Washington and California coastlines.
	www.whalespoken.org (2034 words)

	Baja Gray Whale Watching Tour page
		Gray whale trips are 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 days in length.
		You will not only experience the whale watching trip of a lifetime, but you will have the opportunity to meet and learn about the Mexicans who live near these amazing animals.
		We are the ONLY whale watch tour operator who is able to offer a money back guarantee if you do not have the opportunity that we have promised you will have.
	www.greywhale.com /whale_watching_in_baja.htm (1090 words)

	Gray Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You are going to become an expert on California gray whales.
		Prepare a 5 minute presentation on gray whales for a student/partner in another class based on what you have learned.
		Draw a picture of a gray whale using paper or your computer.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /encanto/graywhale (323 words)

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