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Aerial view of a pod of gray whales migrating north off the California coast
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Aerial image of a gray whale cow and calf migrating through a kelp paddy off the coast of Central California.
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Two gray whales surfacing near Point Piedras Blancas. Note the large barnaclegrowths on the whales.
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Gray whale in shallow water near Point Piedras Blancas.
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Barnacles and cyamids (whale lice) on the head of a western gray whale summering in the Okhotsk Sea.
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An example of the mottled coloration pattern of a western gray whale that isuseful for photo-identifying individuals.
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A western gray whale feeding the Okhotsk Sea off northeastern Sakhalin Island.Note the proximity of offshore oil and gas platforms.
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Gray whale swimming at surface near shore at Point Piedras Blancas.
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A view of a blowing gray whale cow with calf very close to shoreat Point Piedras Blancas.
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A gray whale cow calf pair moving northward along the coast off Point PiedrasBlancas.
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A breaching gray whale off Point Piedras Blancas.
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A dead stranded whale at Point Piedras Blancas. Dead whales are an importantfood source for scavengers based on land or sea. Scientific studies of deadwhales also provide valuable information about their physiology and anatomy.
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Researcher Susan Chivers taking a tissue sample from a young gray whalestranded on the central California coast. Tissue sample analysis providesvaluable data about the life history of gray whales.
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Bob-the-Crow, a crow who became accustomed to the whale researchers presenceat Point Piedras Blancas and would land on their equipment, such as the big-eyebinoculars.
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A pilot whale passing by the NOAA Ship DELAWARE II.
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A pod of narwhals cruising Arctic seas.
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A pod of killer whales (Orcinus orca). USC&GS; Ship EXPLORER fieldseason, 1952.
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Gray whale blowing with calf by side.
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Gray whale and calf.
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Gray whale flukes. Note markings on flukes which can be used foridentification.
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