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pl23_anim1383.jpg

A gray whale cow and calf surfacing in a kelp paddy, next to two sea otters

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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.

Credit

NOAA Fisheries

Display Date

2003

Location

California, Point Piedras Blancas

Collection

NOAA's Ark

Whales