45 foot Gray Whale that washed ashore ....... Hobson Beach Park

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Curator of Vertebrate Zoology Paul Collin, left, and Associate Curators Krista Fahy, center and Michelle Berman, right take samples from a 45 foot Gray Whale that washed ashore just north of Hobson Beach Park on the northern Ventura County line.

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Curator of Vertebrate Zoology Curator Paul Collin, center, and Associate Curators Michelle Berman, left, and Krista Fahy, right take samples from a 45-foot Gray Whale that washed ashore just north of Hobson Beach Park in Ventura, Calif.