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The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday monitored the waters off Santa Cruz,California, where a pod of whales has settled unusually close to shore drawing crowds and threatening the safety of kayakers and other boaters trying to get a look at the creatures.
The humpback whales, each measuring about the length of a school bus, have come about a mile from land in search of food. Feeding grounds for the humpbacks are usually farther offshore, but scientists said this year weather conditions have brought anchovies closer to land, and the whales have followed…
