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Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis). [2] References
Full size fossil replica The bones were first found in 1961 by a father and son, Masato and Yoshio Tajima, in a riverbed in Akishima, Tokyo , lending it the nickname of the Akishima whale . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was prepared by locals, under the mentorship of Hiroshi Ozaki, and subsequently put into storage at the National Museum of Nature and Science ...
The things whales do for love. A humpback whale has stunned scientists with a journey that spanned three oceans and more than 8,000 miles, setting the record for the longest known migration ...
WHOI scientist Michael Moore's book is about how consumers play a role and have responsibility for right whale's possible extinction.
A cowherd had seen Fair push Trembling in and saw the whale swallow her. The next day, he saw the whale spit her back up. She told him that the whale would swallow and spit her back up three times, and she could not leave the beach. Unless her husband rescued her by shooting the whale in a spot on its back, she would not be freed.
“It’s a biblical story, it’s a love story, it’s a survival story and a story that is a love letter to Cape Cod,” said “In the Whale” director and producer David Abel, a Pulitzer ...
Moby Doll's surface activity increased after he started eating. "Some playfulness was observed. Many fish had been released in the pen and one day, about a week after the whale began feeding, it was seen chasing a 7 kg. lingcod at the surface. The whale would seize the fish and toss it a meter or more, then chase it, seize and toss it again.