Scientists Find Conjoined Twin Gray Whales in Baja Pete Thomas - Pete Thomas Outdoors
go to original January 7, 2014

Ballena Con Dos Cabezas Baja California Sur (cuauhtemoc morgan)

Scientists in Mexico's Laguna Ojo de Liebre, or Scammon's Lagoon, on this week discovered conjoined gray whale calves.

It might be the first documented case of conjoined twin gray whales. (Conjoined twins have occurred in other species, such as fin, sei and minke whales. A database search at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County did not reveal published instances of conjoined gray whale twins, or what might also be referred to as Siamese gray whale twins.)

Unfortunately, the twins discovered in Scammon's Lagoon did not survive. Most likely, they were miscarried because the carcass is only about seven feet long, versus the normal 12-16 feet for newborn gray whales.

... The twins' carcass has been collected for study.

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