81. ACS/LA Gray Whale Census And Behavior Project Provides information on the longterm shore-based study of animals off the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California. http://www.acs-la.org/GWCensus.htm

ACS/LA GRAY WHALE CENSUS AND BEHAVIOR PROJECT Updated: 23 JAN 2008 Spotters also detail migratory behaviors observed, including breaching, spyhopping, rolling, courtship, apparent nursing, possible feeding, and interaction with kelp and with other marine mammals. Participants also note possible human impacts on gray whales, including boat interactions, possible harassment incidents, and entanglements. In addition, we identify and record behaviors of any other marine mammals that utilize these waters, including common dolphin, Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Risso's dolphin, northern right whale dolphin, killer whales, false killer whales, pilot whales, Dall's porpoise, sperm whales, minke whales, humpback whales, blue whales, fin whales, California sea lions, harbor seals, northern elephant seals, and southern sea otters. When possible, attempts are made to cross-check and augment notes on individually identifiable cetaceans with photos and behavior data collected from commercial and private whalewatching boats. By Alisa Schulman-Janiger (email: janiger@bcf.usc.edu

82. San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Whale Get fun and interesting whale facts in an easyto-read style from the San Diego Zoo s Animal Bytes. Buy tickets online and plan a visit to the Zoo or Wild http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-whale.html

animal bytes home reptiles birds mammals ... amphibians Quick facts Photo by SeaWorld, Inc. Photo Bytes Class: Mammalia (Mammals) Order: Cetacea Sub-orders: Families: Genera: Species: Length: blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori is 4.5 feet (1.4 meters) Weight: blue whale Hector's beaked whale Life span: some species are thought to live more than 100 years Gestation: 9 to 17 months, depending on species Number of young at birth: Size at birth: 1/4 to 1/3 the length of the mother Age of maturity: Conservation status: 11 species are endangered , including blue whale sperm whale Physeter catodon , and humpback whale Magaptera novaeangliae. Fun facts Killer whales Orcinus orca are part of the Cetacea order but share a taxonomic family with dolphins keratin that hang down from the top of the whale's enormous mouth. The blue whale is the largest mammal to have ever lived on Earth.

83. Center For Whale Research Founded to promote, conduct, and support benign research on cetaceans. http://www.rockisland.com/~orcasurv/

Center for Whale Research (this is our old website, the new website can be found at www.whaleresearch.com The Center for Whale Research was founded in 1976 to promote, conduct and support benign research on marine mammals of the Order Cetacea - whales, dolphins and porpoises. The research method is primarily long term (multi-year) photo-identification of individuals within populations, which provides baseline data for demographic and behavioral studies. The knowledge gained from these studies is provided to the scientific community, to governments, to the public and to conservation organizations. Sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) breaching The principle studies underway are Orca Survey - a long term photo-identification study of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest, conducted continuously since 1976; Bahamas Marine Mammal Survey - a general survey of marine mammals in the northern Bahamas, with particular emphasis on studies of bottlenose dolphins and beaked whales, begun in 1991; Pacific Humpbacks - a study of humpback whales since 1986, with other cooperating researchers, to determine migratory patterns, stock identity and population status in the Eastern North Pacific;

84. Killer Whale All about the Killer whale adoption program at the vancouver aquarium. http://www.killerwhale.org/index2.html

All about the Killer whale adoption program at the vancouver aquarium.

85. Blue Whale Photographs, Balaenoptera Musculus, Phillip Colla Natural History Pho Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, photographs and information by Phillip Colla. http://www.oceanlight.com/html/blue_whale.html

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86. "whale" Definition From Double-Tongued Dictionary A1 In the parlance of the casino industry, a huge bettor like Mr. Kashiwagi is a “whale,” which surely makes Mr. Trump his Ahab. http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/whale/

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