WHALE-WATCHERS recently witnessed a rare birth off Coastal California, in what is being described as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. The whale-watching expedition encountered what it believed to be a gray whale in distress off the coast of Dana Point in Orange County. “For a minute, many of us thought it may...
WHALE-WATCHERS recently witnessed a rare birth off Coastal California, in what is being described as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event.
The whale-watching expedition encountered what it believed to be a gray whale in distress off the coast of Dana Point in Orange County.
“For a minute, many of us thought it may be a shark or predatory event…but no, instead of the end of life, it was the beginning of a new one,” said the expedition company, Captain Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari.
This species typically gives birth in the lagoons of Baja California in Mexico, making this sighting particularly rare.
Calves are about four-and-a-half metres long when they’re born, and gain more than 20 kilograms a day feeding on their mother’s milk.
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