Gray Whale
Order
of Travel: What's the Pattern?
Over years of watching the migration, experts have seen that groups of whales generally travel in surges. These jumps in numbers are called pulses.The pulses generally move up the coast in this order:
- Newly pregnant females.
- Males, juveniles from the previous year and non-pregnant females.
- Cow/calf pairs.
Discussion or Journal Questions:
- Why do you think whales travel in a certain order?
- Who travels with whom?
- Why do you think some travel alone?
© 1997 – 2019 Journey North. All rights reserved.
