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 9/23/2014 *beentheredonethat* took it to Around the Curve Pennsylvania - 80.18 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 9/21/2014 TexDoc56 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it at the picnic event. Thanks for sharing!
Discovered It 9/21/2014 TexDoc56 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it at the picnic event. Thanks for sharing!
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/21/2014 *beentheredonethat* grabbed it   Visit Log

shall move it along soon
Visited 9/21/2014 greenducks took it to Picnic on the Brandywine Pennsylvania - 65.83 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/20/2014 greenducks took it to Spring Grove GeoTour - 2014 Coin Redemption Event Pennsylvania - .49 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/20/2014 greenducks took it to SGGT - Bet Your Aunt Doesn't Cook this Good! Pennsylvania - .13 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/20/2014 greenducks took it to SGGT14 - Thistle Hill Travel Bug Hotel Pennsylvania - .7 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/20/2014 greenducks took it to SGGT14 - Pegged at Pahagaco Pennsylvania - .65 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/20/2014 greenducks took it to SGGT14 - It's Pneumatic Pennsylvania - 2.06 miles  Visit Log
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