Humphrey the Whale
Humpback whale famous for visits to San Francisco Bay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Humphrey the Whale is a humpback whale that twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay.[1][2] This behavior is unusual for a humpback whale, and Humphrey attracted wide media attention when entering the bay in both 1985 and 1990. Both of his bay incursions resulted in rescue by the Marine Mammal Center, based in Marin County, California, assisted by the United States Coast Guard and hundreds of other volunteers.
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Species | Megaptera novaeangliae |
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Sex | Male |
Known for | Entering San Francisco Bay during annual migration in 1985 and 1990 |
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The last sighting of Humphrey was in the vicinity of the Farallon Islands in 1991.