Building
Blubber to Last for Months
It's
August. Migration and mating are just weeks away, and whales keep feasting
in order to be ready. They must gain blubber enough to sustain them
during the months
ahead.
A 30-ton
whale
will expend so much energy on the migration to the Baja lagoons
that
it
may lose
up to
eight tons
of
its blubber. Little or no whale food is available in the breeding grounds,
so this is their time to eat!
Photo: Keith Jones
