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?
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