This picture came from the book Life in the Sea Around the Central Coast and the Santa Barbara Channel Islands , whales roam the waters.
Whales are kind of like huge fish, but they are actually mammals.
They come in many different shapes and sizes. The Gray Whale is one whale that is frequently sighted along the Central Coast. Like some other whales, the Gray Whale has no teeth, but in the teeths place are baleen. Baleen is like little tooth brush brissles that the whale uses to eat. The whales take a huge gulp of water and uses the baleen to strain the water.