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Migration. Migration.
My, my, my, how far those gray whales go! (2x)
There is a place in Baja, Mexico… where the water is warm and the gray whales go
To give birth to babies in the wintertime...And to get there they have to
swim…6000 miles!
Migration. Migration.
My, my, my, how far those gray whales go!
First they spend summer in the cold North Sea,
In Alaska where there’s lots to eat.
And when the days get shorter and their bellies get full,
They begin to swim fast as they can… to Mexico.
Migration. Migration.
My, my, my how far those gray whales go! (2x)
Spoken: And after swimming down the coast almost twenty hours a day, they
finally arrive at the perfect place for a baby whale to be born: In three special
lagoons in Baja, Mexico where the water is shallow and warm. And when the babies
are born they are already about 15 feet long! And those mother gray whales, oh
how they protect their babies! They keep them close to their sides at all times,
they nurse the babies with their milk and they teach them and love them. It’s a
beautiful sight to see!
And when the babies are big enough it’s time to go back to Alaska,
A long way from Mexico. So those amazing whales do it again.
They turn around and swim 6,000 miles!
Migration. Migration.
My, my, my how far those gray whales go! (2x)
These whales are so amazing. They make the longest trip of any mammal alive.
Swimming and a-breeching, fluking and a-swimming
From Alaska to Mexico and back again!
Migration. Migration.
My, my, my how far those gray whales go! (2x)
My, my my how far those gray whales go! (2x)
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