Whales are some of the most fascinating species of marine life on the planet. Many whales like the humpback and blue whale can be found in most of the worlds oceans, but their numbers are getting smaller.
100 years back there were many 100's of thousands of these giant creatures swimming through the Earths Oceans, unfo rtumnately today their numbers have decreased dramatically in the the case of the giant blue whate, oless than 10,00 of these majestic animals exist.
Keeping up a family tradition.. if thats not the motto of the Monarch Butterfly, maybe it should be
Monarch Butterflies migrate up and down the US and can travel upto 3000 miles on their yearly treks. Every year the monarch butterfly makes a very long two way trip between roosts. They are the only tropical butterflies to make such long journeys. The Monarchs travel further than many birds and whales, hardly what anyone would ever suspect such small creatures to do.
The butterflys can be seen flying in masses and amazingly enough they return to the same place, sometimes even the same trees as the previous year.
Whats really fascinating is that the following years migration is not made by the same butterflies as the year before, it is made by their offsprings, the grandchildren. The butterflys only make the journey once in thier short life and their grandchildren return the following fall to the same location as their grandparents having never been their before.
. Every year the monarch butterfly makes a very long two way trip between roosts. They are the only tropical butterflies to make such long journeys. The Monarchs travel further than many birds and whales, hardly what anyone would ever suspect such small creatures to do.
