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Feature THE MEXICAN GRAY WHALE


Baja Sur offers the rare opportunity to commune closely with these mammals of the sea. By Susan Carol, Editor Destino Los Cabos magazine


Mother and calf entertaining the nature lovers At the 28th parallel where the States of


Baja California and Baja California Sur di- vide, marked by the 135 foot Monumento Aguila, is a modernistic sculpture of the Mexican eagle. Salt launched the Pacifi c coast factory town of Guerrero Negro, named aſt er the British sunken ship, Black Warrior, leaving the lagoon full of whale blubber and gold.


It’s also the gateway


town to some of the most exciting natural experiences found in Baja Sur. T e lagoons nearby are well known as the breeding and birthing destinations for the gray whales


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and the mountains nearby hold spectacu- lar cave paintings from 500-600 AD. In the center of the Guerrero Negro (or


the familiar Scammons) lagoon a mas- sive, barnacle-encrusted mother gray whale keeps a watchful eye on her young calf. At just 3 weeks old, the 15-foot, 2000 pound calf can barely make it alone in the protective waters. Hundreds of whales have migrated from the Artic, further than any other animal, to arrive at the Mexican lagoons, diffi cult to see from the sea, but signifi cant in the life of the Gray Whale. As


one proud boat guide said; “all the Grays mate, conceive and birth in these lagoons, making all the Gray whales Mexican!” T is yearly 5000 mile migration – one way - from the Alaska Bering Sea to the Baja Peninsula lagoons is undertaken by all Gray Whales every year for their life, and they never leave site of land. T is predictable pattern has sometimes brought them almost to the point of extinction a couple of times, but has also made them accessible to various biologists, natives, tourist, and avid whale watchers.


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