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Have you ever seen a blue whale? Although this giant of the oceans is found mostly in the high seas, there are a few special locations, including the St. Lawrence, where such encounters are occasionally possible. Regardless where one is on the planet, however, it is rare for tourists and scientists to observe a calf of this species with its mother. A new article<\/a> published in Endangered Species Research<\/em> suggests that this paucity of sightings may be attributable to the birth and weaning cycle of blue whale calves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever seen a blue whale? Although this giant of the oceans is found mostly in the high seas, there are a few special locations, including the St. Lawrence, where such encounters are occasionally possible. Regardless where one is on the planet, however, it is rare for tourists and scientists to observe a calf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12858,"featured_media":70967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-71172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rorqual-bleu-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlue Whales, Their Calves, and the Timing Hypothesis - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever seen a blue whale? 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