{"id":6914,"date":"2012-08-01T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:18:48","slug":"humpback-whales-stay-longer-in-antarctic-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/08\/01\/humpback-whales-stay-longer-in-antarctic-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpback Whales Stay Longer in Antarctic Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/08\/01\/humpback-whales-stay-longer-in-antarctic-waters\/humpback-whales-feeding\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Humpback Whales Feeding\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Humpback Whales Feeding&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding-300x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6915\" title=\"Humpback Whales Feeding\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding.jpg\" alt=\"Humpback Whales Feeding\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Humpback-Whales-Feeding-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Humpback whales stay longer in Antarctic waters than previously believed, according to a <a title=\"Humpback Whale Stay in Antarctic Bays\" href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-07-humpback-whales-antarctic-bays-autumn.html\" target=\"_blank\">new study from Duke University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Humpbacks migrate from feeding grounds around Antarctica in summer to breeding grounds around Central America, Africa, and New Zealand in winter.\u00a0 The precise timing has not been known, but researchers believed that the whales headed north when the ice started moving in.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that humpback whales stick around to feed on <a title=\"Save Krill Save Whales\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/07\/23\/save-krill-save-whales\/\">krill<\/a>, which overwinter under the ice in deep coastal waters around Antarctica.\u00a0 Whales still need to breathe, so once the ice shuts, they do leave.\u00a0 However, with a warming climate reducing ice cover, non-reproducing whales might not have to leave Antarctica at all.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Humpback Whales Feeding\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=humpback+whale&amp;search_group=#id=108853433&amp;src=b00210cdc6887ed131ec8052bd5f0c60-1-0\" target=\"_blank\">Humpback whales feeding<\/a> via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humpback whales stay longer in Antarctic waters than previously believed, according to a new study from Duke 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