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

Dropped Off 3/8/2015 nickmobile67 placed it in Express Grab New Jersey - 13.42 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/25/2015 nickmobile67 took it to Peaslee WMA Trail Pt 2 #43 New Jersey - .59 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/25/2015 nickmobile67 took it to Peaslee WMA Trail Pt 2 #48 New Jersey - 37.68 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/11/2015 nickmobile67 took it to 38 70 Split & the Primrose Path New Jersey - 43.1 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/11/2015 nickmobile67 took it to I'm Gumby New Jersey - 23.4 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/8/2015 nickmobile67 took it to P3W-758 New Jersey - 12.65 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/8/2015 nickmobile67 took it to OHO: What's in my trunk? New Jersey - .12 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/8/2015 nickmobile67 took it to Wormhole New Jersey - 32.8 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 2/1/2015 scottishrosefaerie discovered it   Visit Log

Neat travel bug! Nick will get this one moving to another cache!
Visited 2/1/2015 nickmobile67 took it to JD02 - Hunt for the Jersey Devil - Small Cave New Jersey - .15 miles  Visit Log
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