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The Friendly Whale

1/29/2004

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I was thinking about all the postings that we have done while here in Cabo San Lucas and most have been centered around our family and us. Well, there is a lot more to share with you. With the presence of whales clearly seen from the shores all around Los Cabos, it adds additional excitement to the sea from late December through March every year. The tell-tale spray of water shooting from a surfacing whale blowhole, excites the imagination of what is below the water. “Whales, the mammals of the sea, (called cetaceans) are remarkably related to land animals like cattle, antelopes, pigs and hippopotamuses. They have common ancestors from millions of years ago, that are unlike present day groups.” Last February we had the opportunity to drive from Seattle to our destination of Cabo San Lucas. After crossing the border from California to Mexico, we decided to stop off in the little town of Guerrero Negro and camped the night in the back of our van. We awoke early the next morning and left with a small group of people out into the bay to be with the whales. The female Gray Whales that are there were going to either give birth (calf), or had already given birth, and then there are the whales, male and female, that were a year old. All others stay out in the deeper waters for mating. In the waters of this cove, the whales are more active and they seemed to be all around us, so our guide shut the motor off. We just sat there watching all these beautiful mammals of the deep, surfacing, blowing, and spy-hopping (that’s were they just rise straight up until their eye comes out of the water) . It’s interesting because they just seem to look around, check us out, and then slide back into the water and disappear once more. Sometimes they would break the surface and jump high out of the water and flip over onto their back and splash this huge wave. But THE BEST is when you get the chance to MEET a FRIENDLY WHALE !!!! A friendly whale is a whale that finds YOU interesting as well, and will slowly come over to the boat to scratch it’s self on the bottom of your boat (the Gray Whale has patches of barnacles or lice that itch a lot). After awhile you hope they will just come up to the boat so you can have the PREVILAGE of touching and stroking a 35-50 foot Gray Whale….. These are the same whales that summer in the Artic seas and then travel here to the Baja. This can be up to 12,000 miles round trip and takes about 2 ½ months each way. These are the same whales that are now in the waters around Los Cabos (Lands End) and are what so many of us tourists are keeping our eyes to the sea in the hopes of getting a glimpse. We know that all we will probably see is just the water “spout” or possibly a huge tail pointing skyward….it’s all worth it.

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