This is a beluga shot underwater in the Churchill River near the churchill town in northern Manitoba, Canada in August. Every summer, many beluga whales come to the vicinity of Churchill Town, which has become a famous beluga whales viewing site in Canada. Xinhua News Agency /French News released on September 29, 2022 on
beluga whale, also known as Beiruka whale, the English name Beluga whale or White whale. It is a member of the narwal family cetacean, and mainly lives in the coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. The beluga whale is known as the "canary in the ocean". It not only loves to "talk", but also can skillfully imitate various sounds.
Like most cetaceans, beluga whales also use a vocalization method called echolocation. The white whale has a cavity on the top of the head and jaw, which is wrapped in fat, and is the organ of the echolocation of the white whale. There is a spherical protrusion in the cavity above the head, called melon, which can freely change the shape.
The white whale makes a sound through the erectile dysfunction, hits the animal or object in front of it, and then receives the bounce back through the cavity of the jaw. Echolocation allows beluga to look for water and food under the ice. Similar to sonar technology, beluga whales can outline images for anything in front of them.
white whale has obvious differences from his whale : the whole body is white. White whales are also the only species with white bodies when adults. The skin of beluga whales is not naturally white. The body of the new beluga whales is gray or brown. As they grow older, the gray gradually changes, and completely turns white or gray-white from the age of four to nine. White skin is an adaptation of beluga’s evolutionary adaptation to Arctic life, which allows beluga to better disguise itself in the ice and avoid other predators.
is different from other cetacean . The seven vertebrae on the neck of the beluga whale does not fuse together, which allows the beluga whale to rotate its head without having to rotate its body. It is precisely because the beluga whale can turn its head at will and has rich facial expressions that the beluga whale has become the little cutie in the hearts of many whale lovers.
August shot of a white whale on the surface ventilation near the town of Churchill in northern Manitoba, Canada. Xinhua News Agency/Faith
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