[CINC] Whale of a Surprise: Humpbacks Winter in Antarctica - Yahoo News

[Carolyn McCleskey]

Perhaps that body weight loss includes the weight of her newly born calf, which would be
much more credible.  Carolyn





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>Do you think this is true?  Females would lose SIXTY FIVE percent of body weight?!   I always thought the figure was one third body weight.    Over half - 65% well over a half -  is a heck of a change.
>Has anybody heard this figure before?    Maybe I missed it.
>   Shirley
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>"There would be enough krill near Antarctica to fatten up for future 
years, Van Opzeeland said. Later in their lives, after giving birth and 
suckling a calf, each female will lose up to 65 percent of her body 
weight."  
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>http://news.yahoo.com/whale-surprise-humpbacks-winter-antarctica-163643521.html Larry Driscoll
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