GRAY WHALE

Scientific name: ESCHRICHTU ROBUTUS

Gray whale is one of baleen whale in The Pacific Ocean,sometimes they also appear in the Chukchi, Bering…. Sea.Gray whale born and raise their baby(called calve) by their milk like the another mammals.A new calve is about 16 feet long and weight about 1560 pounds;the femals are often bigger than the males.They live in at the bottom sea so their foods are also there such as crab,shrimp and some amphipods.In the 80s,90s they were heavily hunted to became the advent of modern technology and a good food for Eskimos and

Russian.That is the reason why International Whalling Comission (IWC) was built since 1949.Although we had many rules,we must improve our awareness to protect gray whale not die out.

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