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Blue whales appear to avoid directly competing with other baleen whales. [77] [78] [79] Different whale species select different feeding spaces and times as well as different prey species. [70] [80] [81] In the Southern Ocean, baleen whales appear to feed on Antarctic krill of different sizes, which may lessen competition between them. [82]
The Southern California Bight stretches for about 692 km (430 mi) along the Pacific coast of North America, of which about 456 km (283 mi) is located within the United States and 236 km (147 mi) is located within Mexico. The rough midpoint of the bight is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast of San Clemente in San Onofre State Beach.
Beach on San Miguel Island. The Channel Islands (Spanish: islas del Canal, Archipiélago del Norte) are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. They define the Santa Barbara Channel between the islands and the California mainland.
Out of nowhere, two giant blue whales rose from under Captain CiCi Sayer and Dale Frink's boat off the coast of San Diego July 2, casting them into the ocean. Thankfully neither was hurt ...
Gulf of California. The Gulf of California (Spanish: Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland. It is bordered by the states of Baja ...
Humpback whale and brown pelicans off Avila Beach, California. Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat. Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity (cf. birdwatching), but it can also serve scientific and/or educational purposes. [1]
The pygmy blue whale is the only one of the three identifiable subspecies to be found regularly in tropical waters. It occurs from the sub-Antarctic zone to the southern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean, breeding in the Indian and South Atlantic oceans, and travelling south to above the Antarctic to feed, [4] [7] although they very rarely cross the Antarctic Convergence.
Lifeguards discovered the whale about 6 p.m. Saturday, located between Redondo Beach and Malaga Cove 35- to 40-foot fin whale washes up on Torrance Beach; public asked to keep a distance Skip to ...