Partially Decapitated 40-Foot #Whale Washes Ashore in #LA

A 40-foot #graywhale carcass was found at #DockweilerBeach with bite marks from either sharks or #Orcas.

#GreyWhale

https://www.surfer.com/news/40-foot-whale-washes-ashore-los-angeles

‘People are rooting for the #whale’: the strange American tradition of #MobyDick reading marathons.

For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations.

Every fall on Venice beach, local residents set up a director’s chair by the water. A harpoon goes on one side, a whalebone on the other. Then, in honor of #greywhale #migration season, they spend two days reading Moby Dick aloud.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/08/moby-dick-reading-tradition

Video footage documenting the behaviour in the #OjoDeLiebre lagoon, off the coast of #BajaCalifornia, $Mexico, shows a #GreyWhale having #WhaleLice picked off its head by the captain of a small boat. “I have done it repeatedly with the same whale and others,” Paco Jimenez Franco told a US news site. “It is very exciting for me.”

Grey whales seen seeking human help to remove parasites | #Whales | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/grey-whales-seen-seeking-human-help-to-remove-parasites

#LesBellesRencontres Un moment privilégié que d'aller voir les baleines grises dans la lagune de Ojo de Liebre en Basse Californie. Elles y reviennent chaque année pour y mettre leur bébé au monde et se reproduire. Les baleines grises sont très joueuses et curieuses. Le plus triste, c'est qu'on en avait dans l'Atlantique, avant... mais il a fallu qu'elles tombent sur les hommes qui ont profité de leur bienveillance...

#Whale #WildLife #Nature #GreyWhale #Mexique #Voyage #Travel