Gray whale

Miles

Where I got my information www.arkive .org

Nationalgeographic.com/graywhale

Gray Road to Recovery: Gray Whale. 2008

LIFE CYCLESIt takes a gray whale about two months to

swim to Baja Mexico. As it grows older, the gray color turns spotted.

appearanceGray whales have parasites that makes their

snouts and backs look like a crusty rock.

Appearance

Gray whales do something called spy-hopping. It’s like peaking out of the water.

A gray whale spy-hopping is similar to treading water.

conservationBefore people started to protect gray whales

in 1937,there were about a 1,000 left.

By 1997 their numbers grew to 20,000.

DietThe gray whale uses its snout to forage by

dislodging small creatures from the seafloor. Gray whales eat krill

HabitatGray whales’ home is the Pacific Ocean.

Some gray whales live near Korea, Japan and Russia.

The whales near, Japan and Russia are endangered. There are about 100 of them left near Korea, Japan and Russia. People killed them.

Whales are killed for their oils.

conservationPeople destroy gray whales homes. Gray

whales are killed for there blubber.

Interesting factsA gray whales live up to 50 years old. A gray

whale is called different names.

Interesting factsGray whales are called devil fish, hard head

and mussel diggers. Gray whales can swim more then 10 miles.

HabitatGray whales spend their summers in the Sea

of Oknotsk. Gray whales leave their homes to migrate.

DietGray whales are benthic feeders . That means

that they eat at the bottom of the ocean. Gray whales eat plankton, fish, mollusks, krill and sea worms.