Humpback whales can swim as far as 3,700 miles (5,955 kilometers) for the chance to mate, per a new study.
to track the animals. They found that some would swim thousands of miles during the mating season.Two distinctive males, which could be recognized by markings on their tails, were recorded in two popular mating grounds less than two months apart.
The first was off the western coast of Mexico, and the second was near Hawaii, a distance of around 3,700 miles .The timing suggests the whales swam faster than their typical cruising speed of 2.5 miles per hour to get there. "Our first reaction was, 'You've got to be kidding me!'" James Darling of the Whale Trust Maui in Hawaii and an author on the study
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