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Harbour Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Description:

small stocky cetaceans about 5.5 ft long with very dark backs. http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetacea...

Habitat:

cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea

Notes:

We saw several pods of these frolicking porpoises - quite a distance from the boat on our Whale watching trip off the coast of Southern California. Sadly didn't see any whales but sighting these porpoise made up for it !!

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Torrance, California, USA

Spotted on Jan 3, 2005
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012

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