If you ask employees TML Agency, who are called sea canaries, they will give you early reply, without using a moment for reflection.Well, of course, the belugas living near the North Pole (not to be confused with the beluga, sturgeon family fish living much further south, in the Caspian Sea, and produces the most valuable caviar varieties)!
Belugas - sea whales, friendly and safe animal got its name from the white color, and the nickname - for high-pitched sounds, which a succession of whales talking to each other.
Beluga whales are endangered, and if you want to fly to northern Canada to hear the singing of sea whales make it worthwhile.
Churchill River - the best place to observe beluga.The river is located in the province of Manitoba and empties into the Hudson Bay.Every summer, belugas come back from the open sea at the mouth of the river to continue their family.Puberty occurs in males 4-7 years, females - 9 years.The life expectancy of about 50 years of belugas.The female gives birth to one little whale beluga about once every three years.A newborn whale reaches a length of 1.5 meters and its weight - 80 kg.Female cub accompanies and feeds it milk for two years.
Beluga whales can dive for a meal at a depth of 300 meters and is continuously under water for 20 minutes.In winter, belugas are looking for a crack in the ice of the Arctic Ocean by echolocation, pop up to breathe and become the prey of polar bears, whales are waiting for cracks.Another natural enemy of beluga whales - killer, smaller cetaceans, with black-and-white coloring.Local Eskimos also come here to hunt sea whale.
Natural factors and whaling, as well as the industrial development of the Arctic shelf, and environmental pollution and beluga waste pesticides lead to a sharp decline in their population.Their number is about one hundred thousand individuals, in 1994, this species is listed as endangered.
Another frequent visitor to northern Canada, is listed in the Red Book, this - the polar bear.The slow reproduction and high mortality of young animals do this easily vulnerable.In the United States, Canada and Greenland hunt for polar bears is limited.
Bears come to this region in the late fall and wait until the sea freezes over.Every night the bears come to the village of Churchill in search of food.Threatened barking at a nearby farm growing Huskies indicates wandering near a large male.To human presence bears are philosophical calmness, and even a bear with cubs are not scared of cameras.
In Canada, polar bears are not only living in the neighborhood with the person, but also finds its reflection in the state symbols.Adult polar bear on an ice floe floating depicted on the reverse of the Canadian coins in denominations of $ 2.The coin is in circulation since February 19, 1996 to the present.
best time for meetings with polar bears - October-November, to observe belugas - July-August.Local companies offer excursions to places of observation of beluga whales in boats, motor boats and canoes.If you rent and diving mask, you can sail with the whales, attracting the attention of singing.If you're lucky, white whales approach you at arm's length.
fly to Churchill for a few days observing the whales and bears little expensive, it makes sense to combine a visit to Churchill with excursions to the Rocky Mountains, or visit the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, or visit Toronto and Niagara Falls.
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