The beluga whale is a small, toothed whale that is white as an adult.
Beluga means "white one" in Russian.
It is estimated that there are about 40,000 to 80,000 beluga whales world wide. St. Lawr...
The beluga whale is a small, toothed whale that is white as an adult. Beluga means "white one" in Russian.
It is estimated that there are about 40,000 to 80,000 beluga whales world wide. St. Lawrence, Cook Inlet, and Alaskan belugas are classified as endangered. Belugas are threatened by pollution (DDT, PCB's, etc.) in estuary waters that they frequent and breed in.
They have the most sophisticated bio sonar of all.
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I ate some of those whales when I was in Canada's arctic; it was rubbery and strange tasting!
What a shame they are eaten! Oh well --- I suppose in a way it is the same as eating a pig or a cow or a lamb or a chicken or a frog, all of which are wonderful animals in their own ways..
So cute! Do you know that in 1969 a beluga swam all up the Rhine river in Bonn, Germany. No joke, it was in the media for weeks! It showed up and sang in Bonn, just in front of the parliament building while there was an environment conference! No kidding! It took him 3 weeks to get there, and only 24 hrs. to go back, since that was stream downward. In Holland it was escorted just untill the North-sea. The documentary gave me tears...
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What a shame they are eaten! Oh well --- I suppose in a way it is the same as eating a pig or a cow or a lamb or a chicken or a frog, all of which are wonderful animals in their own ways..
Nature does not exist for our jaded amusement. Do not support their imprisonment.
Bet our free-thinking author will remove this comment.
why do people wanna kill them??
soo cute :D