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Gray whales migration from Russia to Mexico breaks record
Apr 15, 2015
A nine-year-old female gray whale has set a new record by migrating from Russia to Mexico and back again, a multi-thousand mile trip that began in November of 2011. Researchers know of the similar gray whales that hang out around Californias coast during the fall migration, and theyve relatively recently turned their attention to the western north Pacific gray whale population living near the Russian coast. One of those whales broke the researchers belief that the Russian whales were isolated, however, by swimming from Russias Sakhalin Island to Baja Californias Cabo San Lucas.
The information comes from a report from the researchers that has been published in the Biology Letters journal; they say the whale -- who's name is Varvara -- spent 172 days completing the journey, which spanned 14,000 or so miles.
This is the longest known and completed mammal migration that has been documented, and was tracked via the use of satellite tags; a total of 7 western Pacific gray whales were being monitored. Three of those seven tags survived the tracking process, however, and one of them that of Varvara proved wildly successful.
At some point the western Pacific whale met up with eastern Pacific gray whales. Researchers are now questioning whether the eastern and western whales are separate groups or are all part of the same larger group.
http://www.slashgear.com/gray-whales-migration-from-russia-to-mexico-breaks-record-15379194/
(Short article, no more at link.)
happyslug
(14,779 posts)Espionage or sabotage was the aim of this whale, why else would a RUSSIAN whale go to Mexico? This was to spy on the base in the Southwest (including area 51). It probably was NOT even a real whale but a sub in a fake whale bod to get people to think it was a whale, not a sub. The reason for the Trip? To land Commie sabotagers, in California, Mexico (to sneak into Texas) or the blow up the Panama Canal. This sounds like Putin for everyone knows he is out to destroy the US. This is to divert the US from the Ukraine, as Putin takes over the Ukraine.
I am being sarcastic, if you want to know.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)"Without a clear indicator of an author's intention, it is often impossible to tell the difference
between an expression of sincere extremism and a parody of such extremism."
Well played sir!