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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.
Ulsan Gray Whale Migration Site is a natural monument located in Ulsan, South Korea. It was given National Natural Monument status on December 3, 1962. [1] Each year, from the month of April until mid June, whales pass through Ulsan Gray Whale Migration Site, 20-30 kilometres from the Ulsan coast. It is a popular whale watching destination.
4.2 Whale migration. 5 Behaviour. ... Species can be identified at a distance using this characteristic. ... the gray whale migrates 10,000 miles (16,000 km) round ...
Though some whale migration routes are known to exceed 8,000km between feeding and breeding grounds, such long-distance movement between longitudes is “atypical”, scientists say.
At over 10,000 miles, gray whales have the longest migration of any mammal in the world. The population on this side of the Pacific travels from the coast of Mexico to Alaska as the weather turns ...
Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
Gray whales can grow to nearly 50 feet in length and weigh an average of 90,000 pounds, ... however, during migration, they can be found far from shore. They normally give birth in early January ...
Gray whales are reliably found near the Farallones during their spring migration north and the fall and winter migration south. Some gray whales may also be found during the summer, when a few whales skip the trip north to Alaska and spend the summer months off the coast of Canada and the continental United States.