Ocean Feast Lures Whales to California Coast
A large number of hungry blue and humpback whales, dolphins and orcas have appeared offshore of Central California this week. The visitors gorged on krill and squid. The pods of whales were drawn in by an upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich ocean bottom water, which spawned a boom in small marine life such as krill. The krill was so thick in parts of Monterey Bay yesterday (June 18) the water appeared red, according to the Monterey Bay Whale Watch Centre.
Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth. About 2,800 blue whales spend June through October feeding on krill offshore of California near the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay and the Farallon Islands.
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