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Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists
Adult humpback whales are about 15 meters long and weigh 40 tons. They are found in every ocean. The humpback whale is known for its spectacular “surface active behavior, including breaching and flipper and tail slapping, and its occasional curiosity around tour boats. Also, they are known for their complex ‘song’, which is heard on the breeding grounds in the tropics.
They perform long seasonal migrations, spending summers feeding in cold productive waters at high latitudes and winters on tropical breeding grounds where they mate, calve, and nurse their young. Some individuals travel as far as 8,000km between tropical breeding grounds and icy feeding grounds. Recently, a humpback whale was found in the Pacific Ocean off Columbia, 13,000 kilometers away from the site where it was last spotted in the Indian Ocean several years before. It is still unknown whether it made the long journey looking for a mate or breeding grounds, or chasing tiny shrimplike krill, their main food. One assumption is the influence of extreme environmental events, which are seen more frequently. Whichever the reason might be, humpback whales travel longer distances than any other mammal species.
Read the article and learn about the longest swimmer in oceans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3zywxlqlxo
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