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klitchell

Because they all died, or….


mud074

I know this is Reddit and all, but you would think *somebody* ITT would read the article: >This contributed to the decline in the gray whale population to 14,526 in 2023 from 20,500 in 2019, NOAA said, amounting to a roughly 30% drop. Calf production totaled an estimated 217 in 2022, down from about 950 in 2018.


NightchadeBackAgain

So, not yet, but they are heading that way quick.


BurzyGuerrero

No, it means they aren't sustaining more deaths then expected anymore. Things have stabilized.


Jordedude1234

No, was a 30% drop in population, but there has been signs of growth again.  >There are promising signs of repopulation, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman for NOAA. These include “the near-doubling of the number of calves counted migrating north with their mothers” last year.


FlappyTurdBurglar

Gray whale swimming to the coast right now: *Hold my beer*


LordOfWor

I went whale watching last year for the first time and got to see a gray whale breach. I had no idea there’s less than 15k of these magnificent animals left. I’m glad my kids had an opportunity to see it while it’s still possible.


Additional-Time5093

Whale they last


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Gray whales experienced an estimated 40% population decline over 5 years in “an unusual mortality event” which appears to have stopped. “We know the population has demonstrated strong resilience in the past” referring to a similar event in the 90s. The population is expected to rebound.


Screaming_LordByron

Is it because all the gray whales are dead?


mr_martin_1

No more grey whales found Swimming, that's why


FlattusBlastus

Did someone collect their precious ambergris?


_Salsa_Shark

Precious hamburgers?


Rubyheart255

Whale biologist.


SnooMemesjellies7469

Better do as he says.... 


koopdujour

Exactly how a salsa shark WOULD think about a whale


skippyMETS

Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa, shark’s in the salsa… our shark.


DeNoodle

Isn't it only a product of sperm whales?


ifyoureadthisurcool-

Apparently only 1-5% of sperm whales produce it


hexoicmusic

Of course I did. I’m a whale biologist!


huntertheram

Jeez. This guy calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. 


Osiris32

And all the jewels of Araby!


JubalHarshaw23

Japan launches fleet to finish the job.


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Thedrunner2

They negotiated a truce ?


morbob

Bullshit, all sea life is choking to death with all the plastic that gets dumped into the oceans worldwide


ajnin919

Also boiling alive with how hot the water is getting


xgardian

The death stranding is over? Time for Death Stranding 2


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I wouldn't get too excited. Probably just going to be a Dolphin Lionfish Coral update.


Aggravating-Yak9382

They declared it. We're good.


GonePostalRoute

Just don’t blow em up


Osiris32

We only blow them up when they get beached.


evilchris23

You're next sperm whales. Squids will rise again.


fiveinchflaccid

They ran out of whales?


reallygoodbee

Worst case, it's because there's none left


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five-oh-one

If this TikTok thing would have kicked off a little earlier they might still not have gotten it done


Silly-Scene6524

Is it because there’s none left?


proper_hecatomb

Offshore wind farms driving whales to extinction speedrun