Sentences with phrase «whale calves»

«The gray whale population has gotten bigger over the last 20 years and the killer whales have gotten better at hunting the gray whale calves,» she said.

The Monterey orcas have been spotted attacking sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, dolphins and porpoises, but gray whale calves are especially coveted.

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Orca packs devouring gray whale calves in Monterey Bay (Courtesy Jodi Frediani) CA 20, a male transient killer whale, floats with the remains of a gray whale calf carcass on April 27, 2013 in Monterey Bay, Calif..

But they don't eat krill — orcas have been spotted feasting on gray whale calves.

Orcas have been witnessed hunting humpback whale calves in much the same way that they hunt gray whale calves.

It was beautiful for us but I wonder how it impacts the whale calves to have people so close.»

The whales come to our shores annually when the southern right whale calves and mates in coves and bays close to shore.

Best time to see them: Year - round, but particularly in spring when they come to California to hunt grey whale calves.

Killer whales are on an unprecedented killing spree in California's Monterey Bay, attacking and feeding on gray whale calves, a marine biologist said.

It's important to note that the gray whale population along our coast is thriving, and gray whale calves provide vital sustenance for transient killer whales.

While we haven't observed an attack, we've observed the killer whales feeding on 3 different gray whale calves on different days and in different locations.

The most common type spotted in the Monterey Bay is the transient killer whales who will hunt seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoises and whales (typically gray whale calves and minke whales).

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Length: 30 metres Weight: 180 tonnes Blue whale calves are born after a 12 - month pregnancy and weigh about 2.7 tonnes at birth.

Over 600 southern right whale calves died at the Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, between 2003 and 2014.

Wounding of southern right whale calves and mothers by Kelp Gulls has increased from 2 % to 99 % over four decades, according to a study published Oct. 21, 2015 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Carina Marón from the University of Utah and colleagues.

The wounds caused by the birds are thought to kill many right whale calves.

The gulls that are now killing whale calves off Argentina weren't a big problem until an increase in fishing and urban waste drove an increase in the gull population.

Almost all southern right whale calves off the coast of Argentina's Peninsula Valdez are being fed upon, some fatally, by kelp gulls, which was a rare occurrence four decades ago

Over the last two weeks, the poignant and dramatic story of two beluga whale calves born at the Shedd Aquarium has focused attention on the crucial but sometimes complicated task of mothers breast - feeding their infants.

Shedd Aquarium experts are among those caring for a whale calf rescued Sept. 30 in Alaska's Cook Inlet.

Since October, members of Shedd Aquarium's Animal Response Team have done rotating two - week shifts at the Alaska Sea Life Center to help with the around - the - clock care of a rescued beluga whale calf.

Shedd Aquarium is deeply saddened to announce the loss of the beluga whale calf born Sunday afternoon to 20 - year - old Naya.

«Southern right whale calf wounding by Kelp Gulls increased to nearly all over four decades: Once rare, wounds from Kelp Gulls observed on nearly all mothers and calves by the 2000s at Peniacutensula Valdeacutes, Argentina.»

A blue whale calf can measure between 23 and 27 feet in length at birth and weigh almost 3 metric tons.

For a couple of hours the humpback whale calf swam in circles, pursued by between 10 and 20 sharks, says cinematographer Morne Hardenberg, who witnessed the encounter (see top picture).

Spotted off the eastern coast of South Africa, in the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, a humpback whale calf some 4 metres long endured a harrowing ordeal, beset by a group of dusky sharks, each 2 to 3 metres long.

It was clear from all of the bird activity, the giant slick on the water, and the behavior of the killer whales that they had just predated a gray whale calf.

A week of insane whale sightings in Monterey Bay got even crazier Wednesday when a pod of nine killer whales attacked a gray whale calf right in front of a whale watching tour boat.

About thirty seconds into the video, you can see the pod of nine orcas hunting the gray whale calf.

For example, a single gray whale calf would need to eat 475 pounds (215 kg) of fish per day, and the pool would have to accommodate the 13 - foot (4 m) calf, along with ample room to swim.

Another event, involving a pair of humpback whales attempting to save a gray whale calf from a hunting pod of orcas after it had become separated from its mother, was captured by BBC filmmakers.

I am probably the only photographer in the world whose catalog includes underwater images of all of the following: blue whales (the largest animal ever to have lived), rare endangered Guadalupe fur seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, socializing groups of sperm whales, a newborn gray whale calf in the wild, humpback whale competitive («fighting») groups, the odd ocean sunfish (Mola mola), distant and pristine Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, and Olympic champion swimmers accompanied by wild dolphins.

Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother.

(Courtesy Jodi Frediani) CA 20, a male transient killer whale, floats with the remains of a gray whale calf carcass on April 27, 2013 in Monterey Bay, Calif..

The 1 - to 2 - month - old humpback whale calf, which Australians dubbed «Colin,» was first spotted last week in waters off north Sydney clinging next to a yacht it had apparently mistaken for its mom.

Whale milk is incredibly high in fat (up to 50 percent fat) which gives it a toothpaste like consistency and keeps it from breaking up or dissolving in the water before the whale calf can consume it.

Not exact matches

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada recommended that beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River be declared endangered, forcing TransCanada to scrap a planned oil export terminal in Cacouna, Quebec, where the whales migrate and raise calves.

When a whale is just about to give birth, the cord and the baby separate, the «calf» is born and when the placenta is born, it falls to the bottom of the sea and the mother is not able to ingest it.

The calf belongs to a critically endangered population of beluga whales.

Sculptures of a humpback whale mother and her calf, donated by Shedd Aquarium, greet people entering the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, which opened today.

The Shedd Aquarium family is delighted to announce the birth of beluga whale Mauyak's calf.

Feeding, calf rearing and mating all involve specific calls, and each whale species uses sound distinctively, explains Van Parijs.

Southern Right whales, which were reported to have declined to 300 before anti-whaling laws were established, raise one calf every two to three years, compared to humpback whales which generally raise a calf per year.

He photographed caribou, grizzly bears, sunsets, landscapes, icebergs, and a humpback whale and her calf that he encountered while kayaking in Aialik Bay.

A female gray whale and her calf ply the waters of San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico, a primary breeding ground and nursery.

The vulnerable calves of migrating gray whales are known to be a favorite of the transients near California, and the carcasses of minke whales have been found in the same area.

Overall, the study's data from mitochondrial DNA — different from nuclear DNA in that it helps scientists trace maternal lineages — reveal that population structure in humpback whales is largely driven by female whales that return annually to the same breeding grounds and by the early experience of calves that accompany their mothers on their first round - trip migration to the feeding grounds.

He proposes that the diversity must have narrowed in the course of whale evolution as mtDNA «hitchhiked» on the success of behaviors passed from older females to calves, such as feeding techniques, methods for fending off predators, and baby - sitting.

California blue whales — the cow is 76 feet long and the calf is 47 feet — swim near the California Channel Islands.