Round crusty barnacles and many scars mark the blubber on the rostrum (snout) of the Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus ), a phenominal marine mammal that has existed for more than 30,000 million years. Shown here in close-up is the mouth that appears first as the whale begins to poke its head vertically out of the water so it can see what is going on above the surface, a maneuver called spyhopping. This inquisitive aquatic animal was spyhopping in San Ignacio Lagoon off the western coast of Baja California Sur in Mexico, North America.
Round crusty barnacles and many scars mark the blubber on the rostrum (snout) of the Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus ), a phenominal marine mammal that has existed for more than 30,000 million years. Shown here in close-up is the mouth that appears first as the whale begins to poke its head vertically out of the water so it can see what is going on above the surface, a maneuver called spyhopping. This inquisitive aquatic animal was spyhopping in San Ignacio Lagoon off the western coast of Baja California Sur in Mexico, North America.
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Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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