Gray Whale

THE GRAY WHALE SPENDS HALF OF THE YEAR TRAVELING. FOR THREE MONTHS TRAVEL FROM THE ARCTIC SEAS TO THE SEMITROPICAL REGION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

The trip of the gray whale to Mexico.

The gray whale, from the Pacific Ocean, spends half the year traveling. It takes three months to move from the frozen Arctic seas, where it feeds, to the semitropical region of Baja California, Mexico, where it reproduces; the return takes another three months. Thus a journey of 20,000 kilometers is completed.

Pregnant females start the journey in October; immature and 108 adult males follow. Immature males depart last. In December, the first whales arrive in Mexico, where they give birth to their calves. These, fed on the nutritious mother's milk, quickly produce the fat they need to travel north in March.

It should be noted that the gray whale is one of the most docile and friendly mammals that exist, you can observe them from very close and if you are lucky even touch them.