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PostTue Mar 05, 2024 8:18 pm 
Thought to be extinct from the Atlantic, scientists think that the whale came from the Pacific through the NW Passage. First such sighting in over 200 years, pretty cool. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/gray-whale-massachusetts-sighting/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/03/05/rare-gray-whale-spotted-in-atlantic-first-in-over-200-years/

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PostWed Mar 06, 2024 5:44 am 
Long absent as a population in the Atlantic. One did cross the Arctic a few years ago, ended up in the Mediterranean, as far east as Haifa. Apparently starved as I remember. Where one can stray two could. Could grays extend their range? Was there genetic exchange during previous Arctic Ocean Ice minima? The later seems easier than the first.

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PostWed Mar 06, 2024 12:43 pm 
They do like to wander. I recall years ago a whale ventured all the way up the Sacramento almost to the confluence of the American, maybe in town to catch a show?

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