Gray whales with a record long migration distance of 10.880 km

According to a study by American scientists published in the journal Biology Letters on April 14, a gray whale named Varvara lives in the Pacific Northwest waters that have established migration paths. record length of a mammal, with a journey of 10,880km in 69 days .

Gray whales surprise with the migration distance of up to 10.880 km

The length corresponds to the distance that the whale swims from the northwest to the northeast of the Pacific, then moves along the west coast of Canada and the United States to reach the waters off Baja California, Mexico, prepare for the breeding season.

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Not only that, Varvara whales also continue to set another record with the "round trip " in the south to 22,511km, in 172 days. This has contributed to eliminating the notion that gray whales only migrate in the north-south direction, and show that this mammal is capable of extraordinary movement along large oceans.

Previously, according to scientific research in 2010, the recorded migratory record of the whale once belonged to a humpback whale individual with a 9,800-kilometer long distance from Brazil's offshore waters to Madagascar. Therefore, this new finding has attracted special attention to this gray whale called the Eschrichtius robustus .

Gray whales often live in both the East and Northwest Pacific. Nature conservationists are considering the difference between these two whale populations. However, there exists the fact that while being able to reproduce and thrive in the eastern region, the above-mentioned whale is in danger of extinction in the region. in the West due to widespread hunting.

Statistics of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show that there are only 130 gray whales living in the Western Pacific and only Varvara, with only 6 other whales attached to the locating chip. satellite.

This means that the potential for illegal hunting will spread to the East and threaten the number of gray whales here if the international community does not raise awareness and responsibility to protect this animal. ./.