Video footage documenting the behaviour in the #OjoDeLiebre lagoon, off the coast of #BajaCalifornia, $Mexico, shows a #GreyWhale having #WhaleLice picked off its head by the captain of a small boat. “I have done it repeatedly with the same whale and others,” Paco Jimenez Franco told a US news site. “It is very exciting for me.”

Grey whales seen seeking human help to remove parasites | #Whales | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/grey-whales-seen-seeking-human-help-to-remove-parasites

#LesBellesRencontres Un moment privilégié que d'aller voir les baleines grises dans la lagune de Ojo de Liebre en Basse Californie. Elles y reviennent chaque année pour y mettre leur bébé au monde et se reproduire. Les baleines grises sont très joueuses et curieuses. Le plus triste, c'est qu'on en avait dans l'Atlantique, avant... mais il a fallu qu'elles tombent sur les hommes qui ont profité de leur bienveillance...

#Whale #WildLife #Nature #GreyWhale #Mexique #Voyage #Travel

It has been my pleasure to be painting and drawing lately. This is an ode to the growing light and the #SalishSea. #SherwinDraws #GreyWhale

OK….wow! #whale #greywhale #birth https://youtu.be/umajENuHqaw

Today's #megafauna is the #GreyWhale. This marine mammal can weigh 90,000 pounds and reach 49 feet in length. It also make a lengthy annual #migration, travelling over 10,000 miles each year.

Two populations remain, both in the Pacific #Ocean: a small, #endangered population in the west, and a recovered population in the east. Both populations spend summers feeding in the Arctic before migrating south to breed or give birth. The eastern population swims along the west coast of the Americas to reach Baja, Mexico. The gestational period of a grey whale is about one year, so freshly-pregnant whales must return to the Arctic and swim back to Baja to the following year to give birth.

Grey whales are filter feeders that swim on their sides, sifting small animals from the sea floor. Individuals show side preferences, with scrape marks and displaced barnacles on the side of their head that is usually dragged through sediment.

Threats to grey whales include disturbance from human vessels and habitat degradation due to infrastructure and climate change.

What about a grey whale? Not the best photos because the sea was pretty rough & I was feeling a bit queasy. 🤢
#greywhale #wildlife #VancouverIsland 🇨🇦

grey whale encounter...

#friendly #greywhale #whale #encounter #touch #animatedgif

grey whale encounter...

#friendly #greywhale #whale #encounter #touch #animatedgif

grey whale encounter...

#friendly #greywhale #whale #encounter #touch #animatedgif