Donjulio - 2-1-2010 at 01:23 PM
Story and photos
http://sanfelipe.com.mx/
chernefitter - 2-1-2010 at 03:48 PM
This title made me think of my ex-girlfriend..........
noproblemo2 - 2-1-2010 at 05:05 PM
Don't see that every day.
capt. mike - 2-1-2010 at 05:34 PM
my thoughts exactly....i wondered if i dated her once...
desertcpl - 2-1-2010 at 05:35 PM
I am for sure that I did
Oggie - 2-1-2010 at 07:41 PM
Definetly a young California Gray Whale(Eschrichtius robustus)
shari - 2-2-2010 at 09:47 AM
wow, that's bizarre...what the heck was a gray whale doing up there? and at this time of year. This brings up a theory that there is an underground
tunnel that gray whales use to cross over into the gulf without swimming all the way around the tip...kind of a cetacean's escaleras nautica.
rumour goes that someone photo ID'd a gray whale in california and the same whale was ID's on the gulf side in a time frame that would have been
impossible to swim all the way around.
I first heard this myth? from fishermen many years ago and thought it was interesting and it keeps coming up....who knows eh!
while it is generally futile to return a beached gray whale to the ocean (unless it is a disoriented or orphaned calf)...one always want to try to
help out. Gray's usally only beach because they are weak and cant swim anymore and dont want to drown so they seek shallow water to rest on the bottom
for awhile...maybe they are asleep when the tide goes out. I have seen so many whales get returned to the water only to turn around and beach again or
are found the next day further along the coast.
At any rate, I'm sure it was an amazing experience for those involved and hope that little gray survives.
Skipjack Joe - 2-2-2010 at 09:52 AM
Interesting theory. For one thing it would have to hold it's breath for what, about 50 miles?
Ken Bondy - 2-2-2010 at 10:54 AM
shari and Igor
That animal looked like a yearling in size. I have been told by a knowledgeable expert in gray whales (Howard Hall) that yearlings who have lost
their mothers are occasionally found in places where they shouldn't be - like San Felipe in January. Their navigation is not fully developed, they
have lost contact with their herd, and they just wander. I had an in-water encounter with one years ago at Cat Rock at Anacapa Island in August. He
should have been in Alaska feeding at that time, instead he was feeding on the bottom in Southern California. It was a fantastic experience, I hope
he made it:
[Edited on 2-2-2010 by Ken Bondy]