Here’s a little known fact outside of the world of marine mammologists. Every summer some 60,000 beluga whales, those cute, white mammals with huge foreheads, migrate from their winter feeding grounds in the Artic to warmer waters of Hudson Bay where they molt, feed and give birth away from the threat of orcas and other predators.
Scientists who study belugas have set up an underwater cam on the back of their research vesselso they can monitor the migration and the whales’ behaviors. Recording from the cams are, of course, available for viewing on YouTube. Also, there is one cam that continually streams live.
Whale research scientist Alysa McCall commented, “One of our favourite aspects of the Beluga Cam experience is the hydrophone, which allows people to hear the whales vocalizing and communicating with each other. They’re called the ‘canaries of the sea’ for a reason: non-stop chatter.”
