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Bowhead whales appear to be on the rebound February 5th |
Bowhead whales are true northern creatures, swimming only in cold oceans off Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia. These bus-size whales have the largest mouths in the animal kingdom, can live for 200 years and can go without eating for more than a year due to their remarkable fat reserves.
Bowheads are also a rare wildlife rebound story, with the population north and west of Alaska now numbering more than 16,000. That s up from the 1,000 or so animals Yankee whalers left behind in bloody waters at the turn of the last century.