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

Visited 3/9/2014 liquidearth took it to Satan's Two Brothers 6--motherly advice Alaska - 18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/8/2014 liquidearth took it to Chena Lakes 88 Alaska - 3.14 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/8/2014 liquidearth took it to Last Chance Alaska - 2.94 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/8/2014 liquidearth took it to Chena Lakes 94 Alaska - 17.56 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/3/2014 liquidearth took it to Praise the Lord---Chuck & Robin won their 1st game Alaska   Visit Log
Write note 3/2/2014 liquidearth posted a note for it   Visit Log

Special thanks to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for their description of a Beluga Whale!
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