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The killer whale, also known as orca, is one of the top marine predators. They are found in every ocean in the world. They are one of the most recognizable marine mammals, with their distinctive black and white bodies. Globally, killer whales occur in a wide range of habitats, both open seas and coastal waters. The Orca whale has the most varied diet of all cetaceans, but different populations are usually specialized in their foraging behavior and diet. They often use a coordinated hunting strategy, working as a team like a pack of wolves.Orca Whales, Orcas whales were given the name 'killer whale' by ancient sailors' observations of groups of orcas hunting and preying on larger whale species.

The gray whale is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 50 feet, a weigh 40 ton's and lives between 55 and 70 years.

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Breaching is a form of surfacing behavior where most or all of the whale's body leaves the water. Many species do this, but some, such as humpbacks, seem to breach more frequently.

Gray Whale Mother and Calve feeding in 10 feet of water off Lincoln Beach. The calve is showing it's baleen.

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Gray whale breaching

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Gray Spyhopping

Whales will poke their heads above the surface in order to get a better view of their surroundings, a maneuver known as spyhopping. Spyhopping is a behavior exhibited by cetaceans, such as the gray whale above, and some sharks. When whales spyhops it vertically pokes its head out of the water.

Oregon Whale Watching Tours | An adult gray whale in the summer feeding grounds eats approximately 2,400 pounds of food a day.

Gray Whale Feeding

Whale Watching Tours Depoe Bay Oregon | The gray whale is one of the greatest migrators. Some of these whales swim 12,000 miles round-trip from their summer feeding grounds to the warmer waters off the Mexican coast.

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Gray Whale showing it's rostrum (Head Region). This whale is feeding in 30 feet of water on Mysid shrimp. They eat about 2000 pounds a day.

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The gray whale has no dorsal (top) fin. About 2/3 of the way back on its body is a prominent dorsal hump followed by a series of 6-12 knuckles along the dorsal ridge that extend to the flukes (tail lobes). Its flippers are paddle shaped and pointed at the tips. Its fluke is about 10-12 feet across, pointed at the tips, and deeply notched in the center.

Oregon Whale Watching Tours | Gray Whale Flukes. The gray whale has no dorsal fin. About 2/3 of the way back on its body is a prominent dorsal hump followed by a series of 6-12 knuckles along the dorsal ridge that extend to the flukes (tail lobes). Its flippers are paddle shaped and pointed at the tips.

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