Monday, July 25, 2011

GRAY WHALE!

The gray whale is up to 15 or 16 meters long. With the weight of 35 tons. They have a long slender head. The gray whale is a baleen whale which means it feeds by straining food through it's baleen plates in the jaw. The upper jaw has coarse yellow baleen. The gray whale has a slate grey body with lighter patches and mottling, scattered patches of white barnacles and orange whale lice. The scientific name for the gray whale is Eschichitus robutus. The gray whale lives around 50-70 years and is a mammal.

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