A right Whale, one of the 100 or so in the bay this spring. These gentle giants are baleen

whales, who feed on zooplankton, and like to cruise on the surface like this one. It is just

this habit that made them so vulnerable to collisions with boats. While they were in the

bay, the speed limit for all boats was 10 mph. The entire world population of right

whales is estimated at a mere 350.

Whales off the Cape in April 2008