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Photos: Rare large pod of 23 gray whales spotted off SoCal coast

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 23, 2013
A fin whale swims off the coast of Los Angeles. These whales can get up to 70-feet long and weigh up to 150,000-lb, making it the second largest animal on earth.
A fin whale swims off the coast of Los Angeles. These whales can get up to 70-feet long and weigh up to 150,000-lb, making it the second largest animal on earth.
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A sea lion raises a flipper off the coast of Los Angeles.
A sea lion raises a flipper off the coast of Los Angeles.
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Mae Ryan/KPCC
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A Marine Biologist shows krill, left, small crustaceans that whales eat with their baleen, right, plates that filter food from the water.
A Marine Biologist shows krill, left, small crustaceans that whales eat with their baleen, right, plates that filter food from the water.
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Mae Ryan
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A family listens to marine biologists explain the rarity of the fin whales, which are the second largest mammal on the planet.
A family listens to marine biologists explain the rarity of the fin whales, which are the second largest mammal on the planet.
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Mae Ryan/KPCC
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A crew member from the The Aquarium of the Pacific gets ready to take off on a Harbor Breeze Cruise for whale watching.
A crew member from the The Aquarium of the Pacific gets ready to take off on a Harbor Breeze Cruise for whale watching.
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Mae Ryan/KPCC
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A megapod of common dolphins swim off the shores of Catalina Island.
A megapod of common dolphins swim off the shores of Catalina Island.
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Mae Ryan/KPCC
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Photos: Rare large pod of 23 gray whales spotted off SoCal coast

Whale watchers off the Southern California coast saw a lot more than they expected when a chartered boat descended on a large pod of 23 gray whales, which usually travel alone or in groups of two or three as they migrate. 

Gray whale season started on Dec. 26, 2012, and lasts through April.