| Whale migration and their timeless patterns seem to | | | | exhibited by the blue whale. It will spend its days in the |
| be a facet of this fascinating form of life that has | | | | northern hemisphere feeding extensively. Come mating |
| adapted itself so well to the oceans of the world. Most | | | | and birthing season, it will begin a move down south to |
| marine biologists continue to wonder at why these | | | | warmer tropical waters where it will mate and then |
| magnificent mammals undertake such migrations that | | | | deliver a single calf. Why it does this in such a pattern |
| can be thousands of miles in length. | | | | is still a matter of speculation. |
| When it comes to the many diverse species of whale, | | | | Most whale experts believe that there are a few |
| there really doesn't appear to be any particular species | | | | reasons for why, and that whales have evolved to |
| that doesn't undergo some form of migration or | | | | take advantage of all of the feeding opportunities |
| another. Almost all take on a migration that takes them | | | | available to them in cooler northern waters where |
| from some point on the world ocean to another point | | | | large fish populations live, and then will head south |
| which usually results in a migratory pattern that goes | | | | where the environment is more congenial to a |
| from the northern latitudes to the southern latitudes or | | | | newborn calf. It also gives the mother of the calf time |
| vice versa. | | | | to begin teaching it how to survive. |
| Typically, a whale spends one part of its year feeding | | | | What is for certain about these magnificent animals is |
| and storing up fat for not only the migration but energy | | | | that their lives are impressively complex and quite |
| stores when it reaches its destination. It will usually | | | | wonderful to behold. They can undertake migrations |
| spend the feeding season in cooler waters in high | | | | thousands of miles in length in order to carry out their |
| latitude locations and then when winter rolls around | | | | full lives. Their behavior patterns are involved and |
| begin migrating to tropical waters in southern and lower | | | | ancient in ways we cannot understand, and these |
| latitude areas in order to mate and give birth. It's part of | | | | extremely intelligent mammals continue to beguile us |
| a timeless pattern. | | | | immensely. |
| A typical example of whale migratory behavior is that | | | | |