Whales' Journey Into Record Books
April 5, 2007 @ 07:59 AM (EST)
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
It is one of the most remarkable journeys by any creature on the planet - and it is made by one of the biggest creatures known to science.
Researchers have shown that humpback whales travelling between breeding grounds off the west coast of Central America and feeding grounds off Antarctica clocked up more than 8000 kilometres on one leg of their journey - the largest recorded journey by any mammal...
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