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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CAEF83.1F550420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a bit out of range for the Maritimes but the likelihood of this = sighting is extraordinarily rare so I thought I would pass it on, a grey = whale off the coast of Israel. = http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/lost-in-search-of-lunch-rare-pacific= -whale-spotted-off-israel-s-coast-1.289085 The closest Pacific grey whales are an endangered population off Korea = numbering in the low hundreds. There is a much larger (20,000+) = population of grey whales that have recovered off the North America = Pacific coast. But the grey whale population in the Atlantic was = thought to have been wiped out by whalers by the 17th century with no = sightings occurring since then in the Atlantic. Where this grey whale = came from is up for speculation with the Pacific is the most likely, = although definitely a rather elaborate trip through the Indian Ocean and = either round the Cape of Good Hope or through the Suez Canal. Since = baleen whales rarely cross the equator, it wouldn't be expected for the = eastern Pacific grey whale to head south along the South American coast, = then around the Horn, across the South Atlantic and up the African = coast, through the Strait of Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean. A = biopsy sample might pinpoint the origin of this whale genetically if it = is seen again.=20 Could a remnant population of grey whales have existed in the = Mediterranean for 400 years without being seen? Leaves one = thinking....... Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CAEF83.1F550420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This is a bit out of range for the = Maritimes but=20 the likelihood of this sighting is extraordinarily rare so I thought I = would=20 pass it on, a grey whale off the coast of Israel. <A=20 href=3D"http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/lost-in-search-of-lunch-rare= -pacific-whale-spotted-off-israel-s-coast-1.289085">http://www.haaretz.co= m/news/national/lost-in-search-of-lunch-rare-pacific-whale-spotted-off-is= rael-s-coast-1.289085</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The closest Pacific grey whales are an = endangered=20 population off Korea numbering in the low hundreds. There is = a much=20 larger (20,000+) population of grey whales that have recovered off = the=20 North America Pacific coast. But the<FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial> grey=20 whale population in the Atlantic was thought to have been wiped out = by=20 whalers by the 17th century with no sightings occurring since then = in the=20 Atlantic. Where this grey whale came from is up for speculation = with the=20 Pacific is the most likely, although definitely a rather elaborate trip = through=20 the Indian Ocean and either round the Cape of Good Hope or through the = Suez=20 Canal. Since baleen whales rarely cross the equator, it = wouldn't be=20 expected for the eastern Pacific grey whale to head south along the = South=20 American coast, then around the Horn, across the South Atlantic and up = the=20 African coast, through the Strait of Gibraltar and into the = Mediterranean. =20 A biopsy sample might pinpoint the origin of this whale = genetically if it=20 is seen again. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Could a = remnant population=20 of grey whales have existed in the Mediterranean for 400 years without = being=20 seen? Leaves one thinking.......</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grand Manan, = NB</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00E4_01CAEF83.1F550420--
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