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5 Spectacular Animal Migrations!
1. Grey Whales
The California grey whale (seen above) engages in the longest migration of any mammal, swimming 10,000 miles each year, spending about one third of its life migrating from the cold, nutrient-rich waters of Alaska, to the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja California, and back again.
In the early winter, the whales move south to breed in the warm, shallow lagoons along the Mexican coast. The most popular breeding lagoons are San Ignacio lagoon, Scammon’s lagoon, and Magdalena Bay, on the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. Around February, the whales migrate north to feed in Arctic waters (western Beaufort Sea and Bering Sea), northwest of Alaska. Incredible!
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/5-spectacular-animal-migrations.html#ixzz305mZmX9Q