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Cow, What a Calf!
Imagine a one-ton baby, 15 feet long! That’s
the size of a baby gray whale, or calf. Like
you, baby whales start life on a diet of milk. Unlike you,
they may gain more than 60 pounds a day! A calf is born without
much blubber (fat) to keep it warm. The race to gain blubber
helps it
get fit and fat for its first journey north. The calf will swim
more than 5,000 miles when only 2 or 3 months old.
Why do you think calves are sometimes called pickleheads?
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