Blue whale – Ocean Series
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Owner:
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The Owen Gang
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Released:
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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Origin:
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Eastern England, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In the hands of the owner.
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Blue whales: 
Winter: warm, low latitude tropical waters (breed and give birth)
Summer: cooler, high latitude polar waters (feeding)
Most blues are migratory and travel thousands of kilometres annually between their winter breeding grounds in warmer, low latitude waters around the tropics, where they mate and give birth, and their summer feeding grounds in the cooler, high latitude waters of either the Arctic and Antarctic, where they feed for 3-4 months on the rich supply of krill and other food which occur in huge numbers in polar waters.
They then migrate back to the tropics segregated by sex and age, the older and pregnant whales migrating first, with the sexually immature whales bringing up the rear. Generally, the larger, older whales migrate the furthest north.
During this migration, they eat virtually nothing for at least 4 months and live on body reserves. Females give birth in warm tropical waters because the young only have a thin layer of blubber to keep them warm. Females give birth to a single calf about 7m long and weighing 2.5 tonnes. The calves are suckled for 7 months and follow their mothers on the spring migration towards the polar seas. Once weaned, the calves feed on krill and follow the normal migration cycle.
Would be great to see this trackable following a similar route to his counter part
Please dont keep him, send him on his travels
The original Metal trackable tag will be staying here with me, I have made a copy and laminated it, so it doesnt get damaged.
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