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Planet’s largest creatures begin to appear off Southern CaliforniaEndangered blue whales, which number between 10,000 and 25,000 globally, can weigh more than 200 tons. They're larger than all known dinosaurs. They migrate into California waters beginning in late spring or early summer and spend several months, venturing as far north as Alaska, gorging on shrimp-like krill.
Photos capture group of orcas attacking a gray whale calf along the Oregon CoastOrcas off Oregon coast captured in rare, dramatic video footageUpdated: May. 11, 2023, 9:51 a.m.|Published: May. 10, 2023, 10:11 a.m.On Monday, May 8, whale watchers along the Oregon coast spotted a rare sight: a pod of orcas appearing to hunt prey together in an organized group.Local photographers Jaklyn Larsen and Hannah Dimich captured rare, dramatic images of the orca pod hunting in the waters between Cape Foulweather and Gull Rock on the central Oregon coast.According to Craig Hayslip, a faculty research assistant with the Marine Mammal Institute at OSU who witnessed the event, the mother defended the calf throughout the time it was being attacked and long after it was dead. As night fell, the mother finally swam away heading north and the orcas stayed behind.
Pictured: Humpback whale cuts it close with spectacular tail displayThe four-year-old female, called Murph, flipped in front of a boat full of watchers in CaliforniaExtraordinary photographs have captured the moment a whale flew scarily close to a boat full of whale watchers, as it greeted them with a spectacular wave of its tale....
