LIVE WEBCAM - BELUGA WHALES AT GEORGIA AQUARIUM
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- Location: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Source: www.georgiaaquarium.org
- Info: Live streaming webcam showcasing beluga whales at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Beluga whales are born dark grey with a bluish brown tinge but turn their distinctive white colour after around 5 years of age.
More info: Belugas are also called white whales because of their unusual and very distinguishable colour. They are extremely sociable mammals that live, hunt and migrate together in pods, ranging from a few individuals to hundreds.
Their bulbous forehead, called a "melon”, is flexible and capable of changing shape, which allows them to make different facial expressions. Belugas are able to communicate with a series of chirps, clicks, whistles and squeals, which gives the beluga its other name, "the canary of the sea." Their diet consists of a variety of fish species, such as salmon and herring, as well as shrimp, crabs and molluscs.
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