'Extinct' gray whale could be heading for the Straits

(Agencies) Expert whale watchers were puzzled a month ago when a North Atlantic gray whale appeared off the coast of Israel. The mammal continues to intrigue them by popping up recently off the coast of North East Spain, apparently headed for the Straits of Gibraltar. On the 10th May 2010, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) reported on the sighting of a gray whale off Herzliya Marina, Israel, which either marked the return of the North Atlantic gray whale (previously thought to be extinct for hundreds of years),>
or that the whale in question had shattered all previous records for the longest migration by the species. As if the sighting of this whale so far from its usual habitat wasn’t puzzling enough, the mystery continues with the first glimpse of the same whale 23 days and 3,000km later off the coast of Spain. Researchers are now on high alert for any further sightings. (More info on the Gray whale: WDCS)