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Big Grey Whale
updated: Aug 12, 2011, 7:01 AM
By Aquaholic
While on our "tour de California & Oregon" my son and I got to see this 45 ft. Grey Whale in the Klamath river, just under the 101 fwy bridge. She and her calf have been living in the river for about a month now. Scientists have no idea why, but the locals are loving the hordes of people clamoring to see her...it was pretty cool.
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An adult female gray whale that lived in Northern California's Klamath River for 53 days died early Tuesday after beaching itself twice on a sandbar.
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COMMENT 203163P
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2011-08-12 07:21 AM |
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"Those boats are too close" comments in 3......2......1.....
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COMMENT 203164
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2011-08-12 07:28 AM |
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Wow -- we don't get that view of a whale too often!
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COMMENT 203165
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2011-08-12 07:28 AM |
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very cool! isn't it amazing how whales will swim into fresh water?
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COMMENT 203178
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2011-08-12 07:52 AM |
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Bravo!
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COMMENT 203182
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2011-08-12 07:55 AM |
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Cool. I love Oregon.
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COMMENT 203187
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2011-08-12 08:07 AM |
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This might be therapeutic for the whale. I'm not a marine biologist, so this is speculation, but have had several salt-water aquariums. Aquarium keepers sometimes put a salt-water specie into fresh water to rid it of parasites. The lower osmotic pressure of the fresh water damages cell walls of organisms, but usually the host cannot tolerate it for long either. Since this is a marine mammal and not a fish, it may be more tolerant. Or maybe she's just on a low salt diet.
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COMMENT 203218
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2011-08-12 09:48 AM |
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Adavis - its great that you love Oregon (I do to) but most of the Klamath is in California, certainly this spot where the 101 crosses over it.
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COMMENT 203287
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2011-08-12 12:18 PM |
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Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed looking at the photos :)
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COMMENT 203313
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2011-08-12 01:21 PM |
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AMAZING!! COOL!
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JOHN WILEY
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2011-08-12 01:25 PM |
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What a great addition to your trip, Aquaholic! Glad you heard about it and had the time to check it out. Pretty rare to be closer than most people ever get in a boat. Thanks for sharing.
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COMMENT 203317
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2011-08-12 01:28 PM |
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Great pics, whether they were taken in Oregon or California is not the point. what a beautiful creature! do we really need to constantly correct other comments?
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COMMENT 203441P
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2011-08-12 06:15 PM |
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@317 "one-upsmanship"
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COMMENT 203444
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2011-08-12 06:25 PM |
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I too love Oregon! Let's go. The people are so much more polite up there.
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COMMENT 203512
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2011-08-13 05:26 AM |
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@ COMMENT 203218: Whoops. In any case, great photos and a rare sight.
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COMMENT 203521
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2011-08-13 06:12 AM |
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Wow Aquaholic you really have The Life of Riley! Always going somewhere on a trip or a hike or all arond town. Enjoy it while you have the good health, time and money. The rest of us can live vicariously through you...
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COMMENT 203541
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2011-08-13 07:52 AM |
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I appreciated the correction and aparently so did the poster of the corrected comment. I am glad to know that area was in the California portion of Aquaholic's trip to Oregon, because I had also assumed the whale was in Oregon, based on the way the original post was written.
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STACE
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2011-08-13 07:52 AM |
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Wow! Rare and beautiful photos of a beautiful animal. Very special indeed. Thank you for sharing!
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COMMENT 203602
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2011-08-13 10:31 AM |
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I am jealous. Drove through there in mid July on a very foggy morning and didn't see anything. Couldn't even see the bears on the ends of the bridge until we were up close and personal. Great photos - do you mind if I put them in my scrapbook?
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COMMENT 204605
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2011-08-16 05:45 PM |
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I fell in love with this story and pics - as I usually do with Aquaholics shares. I just read that "Mama" is gone. She died this morning. RIP beautiful creature :(
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COMMENT 204612
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2011-08-16 06:16 PM |
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A sad ending to this story. http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/29596/beloved+pacific+gray+whale+perishes+after+53+days+in+klamath+river/
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