Was That A Sneeze is a photograph by Jeff Swan which was uploaded on April 15th, 2011.
Title
Was That A Sneeze
Artist
Jeff Swan
Medium
Photograph - Photgraphy
Description
A gray whale in Puget Sound
The gray whale, also known as the grey whale, gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, or California gray whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters, a weight of 36 tonnes, and lives between 55 and 70 years. The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting behavior when hunted. The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius, which in turn is the sole living genus in the family Eschrichtiidae. This mammal descended from filter-feeding whales that appeared at the beginning of the Oligocene, over 30 million years ago.
Uploaded
April 15th, 2011
