GeocacheAlaska! Travelers Alaskan Beluga Whale

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Owner:
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Released:
Monday, January 27, 2014
Origin:
Alaska, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Recuse.

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Fast Facts

Did you know Belugas are the only whale that can bend their neck!  Also, Belugas shed their skin each summer by rubbing it on gravel or coarse sand bottoms.  Pre-molt belugas are yellowish and scarred, but after molting, they're shiny white.

  • Size and Color
    Males: 11–15 ft.; up to 3,300 pounds.  Females: up to 12 ft.; Up to 3,000 pounds.  Dark gray at birth, blue gray as juveniles, white as adults.
  • Diet
    Schooling and anadromous fish including herring, capelin, smelt, cod, salmon, flatfish, sculpin, and eulachon
  • Predators
    Killer whales, polar bears, taken by humans for subsistence purposes
  • Reproduction
    Give birth to a single calf every 2–3 years
  • Other names
    White whale, belukha whale, sea canary.
  • Habitat and Range:  Coastal waters and estuaries in summer; pack ice in winter.  North and West coast of Alaska, south into Bristol Bay.  Isolated population of 600 to 1,100 in Cook Inlet.

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Tracking History (6148.8mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/30/2015 Recuse retrieved it from Lakeside View New York   Visit Log

Found this little guy on my birthday. I've always wanted to find one, how perfect! Will be traveling home with me... there is a lot of "space" between here and there, but I'm sure it will "rocket" out..
Dropped Off 3/30/2015 nessly100 placed it in Lakeside View New York - 69.34 miles  Visit Log

Dropped in Lakeside View
Visited 3/30/2015 nessly100 took it to Resting Along the High Line New York - 67.02 miles  Visit Log

Visited Resting Along the High Line
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/29/2015 nessly100 retrieved it from Mount Holly Rail Trail #10 New Jersey   Visit Log

Found this at the awesome Mount Holly Rail Trail.
Dropped Off 3/24/2015 jdawg87 placed it in Mount Holly Rail Trail #10 New Jersey - 17.85 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/24/2015 jdawg87 took it to Commander-in-Chief New Jersey - 19.29 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/23/2015 jdawg87 took it to 7th Inning Stretch New Jersey   Visit Log
Visited 3/23/2015 jdawg87 took it to Atco Cemetery New Jersey - 33.83 miles  Visit Log

Visited Atco Cemetery (GC5PRV3)
Visited 3/23/2015 jdawg87 took it to The Tuckerton Railroad New Jersey - 33.05 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/22/2015 jdawg87 took it to Stuck Again New Jersey - 1.64 miles  Visit Log
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