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Picklehead
"My name is Olivia and I am 7 years old. I loved seeing the whales. I liked petting them even more! I am visiting Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Mexico. I learned that baby whales are called pickleheads and I saw why—they look like big black pickles! The baby whales are born black. They turn gray as they get older and get barnacles."     

Baby gray whale ("picklehead") in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, a Mexican nursery lagoon

Courtesy of Keith Jones, Baja Jones Ad venture Travel