What Animals Migrate In The Winter
Gray whales - Gray whales migrate between the cold northern waters of the Bering Sea in the summer and the warmer waters of Baja California in the winter.
What animals migrate in the winter. Other animals migrate too. Other animals stay active in winter. 1250 miles 2000km.
After readinglistening to a book on animals in winter the class sorts the animals into categories as a whole group on what they do in winter. Animals migrate or travel to warmer places where they can find food shelter and water. Animals adapt to the winter by hibernating.
Then we talked about how some animals hibernate and sleep the winter away that would be me When we talked about how some animals migrate we watched a short BrainPop Jr. But there are other reasons to migrate as we will see below. Or a major habitat change as part of their life such as young Atlantic salmon or sea lamprey leaving the river of their birth when they.
Fish usually migrate because of diet or reproductive needs although in some cases the reason for migration remains unknown. Some birds migrate for the winter and some birds stay all winter. Animals that have traveled across the world to spend the winter months return north typically to mate.
Other migratory creatures include whales and dolphins bats butterflies and fish. Migration To Escape The Cold Winter. Here in the UK the most obvious migrants are birds.
These mammals also migrate in search of breeding waters. About 18 of the 10000 species of birds in the world migrate due to changes in the weather seasons. During winter the whales migrate to the equator to escape the extreme weather conditions in the poles but migrate to the poles during summer to feed on zooplankton.