Gray whale swimming
Between January and March arrives to the calm waters of the Mexican Pacific, in Baja California Sur, thousands of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) after covering 10,000 km from the Arctic. The main sites where they arrive are the lagoons of San Ignacio, Ojo de Liebre and Magdalena Bay to pairing and to give birth their calves. Thanks to the amount of fat in the milk of the mother, the offspring double their weight in late winter, which it helps them to make the journey back to the Arctic. Its color is slate gray (hence the name), but over the years its come to have so many vermins and whitish scars. Gray whales do not have a dorsal fin but they have low rounded humps in the rear of his back. The Mexican government declared these lagoons protected areas, where excursions are regulated by authorities and fishermen, allowing the visitors to lives there the unique phenomenon of interaction with the whales, when curiously approaching few inches to the boats, phenomenon that only happens in these lagoons who belongs to the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve. Its route is the longest migration made by mammals, begins in the Artic late September or early October to reach the coast of Baja California to spend the winter. In early February the whales and calves return to their habitat. In this journey 35% of pups die unable to bear the ride. The gray whale was an industry without limits or restrictions. At mid twentieth century reached the limit of its extinction, but thanks to the measures taken internationally are no longer endangered. Entre enero y marzo llegan a las tranquilas aguas del Pacifico mexicano, en la Baja California Sur, miles de ballenas grises (Eschrichtius robustus) después de recorrer 10,000 kms desde el Artico. Los principales sitios a los que llegan son las lagunas de San Ignacio, Ojo de Liebre y la Bahia Magdalena a fin de apararease y dar a luz a sus ballenatos. La ballena gris es el cetáceo vivo más primitivo que existe actualmente Los machos adulto
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