Whale Facts and Information

AMAZING WHALE FACTS:

Blue Whales

• a Blue Whale calf can swim up to 22 mph.
• a Blue Whale calf drinks about 130 gallons of milk per day, and gains up to 200 pounds per day during the nursing period.
• the Blue Whale produces the loudest and lowest sound of ANY animal: 180 dB and 10-20 Hz.
• a 160 Ton Blue Whale is equal in weight to 30 bull elephants, or 1830 adult humans weighing 175 lbs. each.
• there are up to 10,000 gallons of water, equal to 256,000 glasses of water, in each feeding mouthful of an adult Blue Whale. Of, course, they don't swallow the salt water; they use their baleen to strain it out.
• the Blue Whale's eye is the size of a teacup and their external ear is the size of the tip of a pencil.

Humpback Whales

Humpbacks have the longest migration of any know mammal. A population that feeds off the Antarctic Peninsula has now been found to breed off Columbia, just north of the equator. This is a one-way migration of over 5,000 miles! Although some people think Humpback Whales feed only on krill (small, shrimp-like crustaceans), they are primarily fish feeders in most of their range, such as in our area. They do feed on krill in Antarctic waters, where much of the early feeding studies were done.

• The only natural predator of Humpback Whales is the Killer Whale (Orcas) and possibly sharks to very young
  calves or badly infured whales. Up to 15% of Humpback Whales in an area may hav scars from Orca attacks they have escaped.
• Humpback Whales form small, generally cooperative groups on their feeding grounds. On their breeding grounds however, males sometimes form large groups where they battle for the position next to the female, often physically striking each other violently.

Killer Whales

• The Killer Whale is the largest member of the dolphin family, reaching lengths of 35 feet.
• Resident Killer Whald pods are the only mammal species where female and male offspring stay with their mother throughtout their entire lives.
  
  

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Northern Right Whales

• The Northern Right Whale is one of the most endangered of cetaceans, numbering just over an estimated 300 animals.
• More than 50% of Northern Right Whales and New England Humpback Whales have scars from prior fishing gear entanglements.

Grey Whales

• Grey Whales spend the winter in shallow enclosed lagoons on the western side of Baja California. The sheltered calm waters aid in the survival of young calves. Evaporation from warm temperatures helps increase the saltiness of the lagoons, helping young
  calves float more easily. The strong currents allow the calf to develop strength for the long migration to the Arctic.
• Grey Whales can swim in water as shallow as 6 feet.

Fin Whales

• Fin Whales are one of the fastest whales, and can hit top speeds of over 35 miles per hour! They use this speed to burst into their prey, usually fish schools, and capture the unsuspecting fish in large numbers. They usually travel at 4 to 7 miles per hour.

A Couple Notes On Dolphins... Despite what many people think, whales and dolphins do NOT mate for life. Some freshwater dolphins are blind and only use their sonar to "see". Dolphins commonly thought to be warm water animals, are found in all of the worlds oceans, including the polar regions (not all species, of course). Some dolphin species have been seen to beach themselves on purpose to go after prey (Killer Whales, and Bottlenose Dolphins).

Join us on a fantastic journey along the scenic shoreline of the
Gulfo Dulce. The Gulf is the tenth deepest Gulf in the world. It is
surrounded on three sides by the Virgin Rain Forest of the Osa Peninsula. 

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