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Description
A gray whale cow and calf surfacing in a kelp paddy, next to two sea otters.Gray whales will swim in kelp paddies to avoid killer whales, their chiefpredator. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries)
Credit
NOAA Fisheries
Display Date
2003
Location
California, Point Piedras Blancas
Collection
NOAA's Ark
Whales