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Guerrero Negro is the Spanish translation of the name "Black Warrior", a U.S. American whaling ship from Duxbury, Massachusetts near Boston that grounded near the coast in the 1850s. It was during this era that Captain Charles Melville Scammon discovered a prolific gray whale breeding lagoon which became a choice hunting ground for American and European whalers. Although locally known as "Laguna Ojo de Liebre" ("eye of the jackrabbit"), this lagoon is better known to boaters from around the world as "Scammon's". Now, instead of whaling, a whale-watching industry has developed around the whales in the lagoon. The whales in the lagoon are particularly known for their willingness to approach the whale-watching boats and sometimes (especially the newborns) allow themselves to be petted.
The town is on Federal Highway 1.
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