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 3/22/2015 jdawg87 took it to 123ICU New Jersey - 16.76 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/21/2015 jdawg87 took it to March Meet & Greet New Jersey - 19.67 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/19/2015 jdawg87 took it to THAT BURNS ME UP ! New Jersey - 1.87 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/19/2015 jdawg87 took it to Splitsville New Jersey - 16.67 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/19/2015 jdawg87 took it to Leo's First Time New Jersey - 22.06 miles  Visit Log

Visited Leo's First Time (GC5PKER)
Visited 3/17/2015 jdawg87 took it to Feeling my way. New Jersey - 24.27 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/17/2015 jdawg87 took it to Save Money Live Better New Jersey - 39.77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/17/2015 jdawg87 took it to Lightly Guarded New Jersey - .18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/17/2015 jdawg87 took it to Cedar on Holly New Jersey - .73 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/17/2015 jdawg87 retrieved it from Express Grab New Jersey   Visit Log

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