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November 11, 2008
Right Whale Calving Season Begins
Right whale calving season starts off Georgia’s coastal waters in mid-November and lasts through mid-April, meaning area boaters should take care to steer away from the massive, endangered mammal.
Marine biologists will begin aerial watches of the mammal Dec. 1 and wrap up their surveys in April.
There are only an estimated 300 to 400 right whales left in the wild and about half of those migrate to the warmer waters off the coasts of Georgia and Florida each winter to give birth to calves
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Right whales have no dorsal fins, which can make them harder to see from surface waters, and are about 40 to 50 feet long. They have a white mark on their head, called a callosity, v-shaped blow holes and blunt flippers.
Posted by sue at November 11, 2008 01:11 PM