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  • Whale watching up close, with gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) female and calf pair swimming under boat in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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  • Inquisitive gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf at the ocean surface, with its mother visible behind. Photographed in Magdalena Bay in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Playful gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) interacting with tourist boat in Magdalena Bay, Baja, Mexico. The calf repeatedly opened its mouth while soliciting attention from boat passengers.
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  • Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) female and calf surfacing near a whale watching boat in the calm waters of Magdalena Bay in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • An unusual encounter with an adult male gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay. Encounters in this area are predominantly with females and their calves. The captain of the boat said this was only the second male in 23 years that had approach his boat. This whale was highly interactive, visiting our boat twice for extended periods. He rubbed his body on the bottom of the boat, solicited physical contact, and pushed the boat in circles. In the end, he disappeared for a few minutes, then breached next to the boat two times, as if saying thank you and goodbye.
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  • Greeting from an inquisitive gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay, Baja Peninsula, Mexico
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) resting on top of its mother in the murky green waters of the gray whale calving and nursing grounds in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Whale lice are amphipods that scavenge for food on whales’ bodies, including consuming skin and flesh of whales. This species (Cyamus scammoni) lives exclusively on gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). There is sexual dimorphism among adult Cyamus scammoni, with males being larger than females. Unlike the young of most other marine crustaceans, which have a planktonic larval stage, juvenile whale lice mature in a pouch-like structure called the marsupium, which is located on the underside of females. There is a small whale louse visible on the right side of this large amphipod’s head, hidden between the head and the forward right appendage. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • An adult gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing to take a breath, with tourists in a whale watch boat in the background. Note the extensive barnacle (Cryptolepas rhachianecti) cover on the whale. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) with its eyes closed, enjoying the experience of making contact with a person reaching out from a whale watch boat. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) swimming alongside a whale watch boat, lifting its rostrum above the ocean surface to interact with tourists in the boat. The calf's baleen is clearly visible. The calf's mom is visible underneath. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Head-on view of an inquisitive grey whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus), with the ventral surface of its mother visible in the background.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) looking up from the water at people on a boat, with its large mother in the foreground. Hairs are visible on the juvenile whale’s head, underscoring the fact that whales are mammals. The adult’s blowholes are clearly visible as well, once again emphasizing that these animals breathe air, just like we do.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) resting on top of its mother in the murky waters of the gray whale calving and nursing grounds in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) swimming alongside a whale watch boat, with its mother underneath. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Infestation of whale lice (Cyamus scammoni) in the blowholes of a gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus). Whale lice are amphipods that scavenge for food on the whale's body, including the whale's skin and flesh. There is sexual dimorphism among adult Cyamus scammoni, with males being larger than females. Unlike the young of most other marine crustaceans, which have a planktonic larval stage, juvenile whale lice mature in a pouch-like structure called the marsupium, which is located on the underside of females. Photographed in Baja California, Mexico.
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  • Some grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calves are highly inquisitive and seem to seek out interaction with people. This calf and its mother approached the boat on multiple occasions, with the calf seeking out direct contact. The juvenile seemed to enjoy being petted by people on the boat, and to have its baleen plates stroked. Hairs are clearly visible on the whale, showing clearly that it is a mammal.
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  • This gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) and its mother approached the boat on multiple occasions, with the calf seeking out opportunities to be petted by people. The calf's mother is visible in the upper right corner of this photo, heading away from the boat and her calf. This type of interaction is relatively common in the gray whale nurseries of the Baja Peninsuala in Mexico.
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) in the murky waters of the gray whale calving and nursing grounds in Baja California, Mexico
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  • Gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) swimming alongside a whale watch boat, with its mother underneath. The calf is lifting its rostrum above the water to interact with tourists on the boat. Note the silhouette of a person's hands on the front of the calf's lower jaw.
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  • This gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) hosts a population of commensal barnacles (Cryptolepas rhachianecti) and whale lice (Cyamus scammoni) which are amphipods that scavenge for food on the whale's body, including the whale's skin and flesh. There is sexual dimorphism among adult Cyamus scammoni, so the large individuals visible in this photograph are male. The females are smaller. Unlike the young of most other marine crustaceans, which have a planktonic larval stage, juvenile whale lice mature in a pouch-like structure called the marsupium, which is located on the underside of females.
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