Mulege and El Vizcaino
Mulege is one of the five municipalities of Baja California state, and it is located close to The Natural protected area of El Vizcaino, which was declared a UNESCO world Heritage site in 1993, it covers a total area of 2.5 million hectares. El Vizcaino is a reproduction site for the grey whale, who every year visits the region during the winter season.
During the XIXth century, whalers from the United States, England and Russia hunted around 7200 grey whales in Mexico, between 1925 and 1929, the Norwegians hunted other 179. During the middle of the XXth century, the population came close to its extinction, and in 1970, all of the Eastern Pacific was declared a protected area. The populations of this mammal recovered favourably, and today, the Grey whale is off the list of endangered species.
They grey whale can reach a total length of about 16 meters (52ft), a weigth of 38 tons, and an age of 50 - 60 years. The grey whale is one of the oldest species of mammals, having been in our planet for nearly 30 million years. In the prehistoric times, some scientist say that it was hunted by the megalodon sharks, which are now extinct.
The grey whale feeds mainly from crustaceans and by scooping up the sediments on the sea floor, this mammal makes one of the largest migrations of the natural world, Every year it travels from the Bering sea in Alaska towards el Vizcaino. This cetacean used to be abundant In the North Atlantic, particularly in region between Japan and the Kamchatka peninsulla, but it virtually became extinct due to Asian whale hunters. The current population of whales in this region is estimated in the area of 100.
The grey whales reach their reproduction age between the 8 and 9 years, They arrive to the "Laguna Ojo de Liebre" to mate and to give birth to their calves.
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