Find out three animals who travel long distance to migrate and then go back to their original home land homelands.Collect the following information
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caribou
flocks of birds
red crab
1.Arctic Tern - 71,000 KMS
This 113 gram tiny sea bird undertakes the longest animal migration in the world, covering an annual distance of 71000 kilometers. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. It makes the equivalent of three round trips to the Moon in its lifetime. The long journey ensures that this bird sees two summers per year and more daylight than any other creature on the planet. Arctic terns are long-lived birds, with many reaching thirty years of age. They eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates.
2.Sooty Shearwater - 65,000 KMS
The sooty shearwaters’ journey took them from breeding colonies in New Zealand to winter-feeding sites in Japan, Alaska or California. Their migration path covered the whole of the Pacific region, taking about 200 days to complete. Sooty shearwaters uses global wind system for following right migratory path. They consume enough food like squids and krills from pacific regions and return back to New Zealand for breeding. Data showed that some birds travelled up to 910km in a day, and dived to depths of 68m in their search for food. Sooty shearwaters are 40–51 cm in length with a 94–110 cm wingspan.
3.Humpback Whale - 22,000 kMS
Humpback whales make longest migration of any mammals in the world. They travel through every parts of world ocean and cover distance of 22000 kilometers every year. Humpbacks migrate annually from summer feeding grounds near the poles to warmer winter breeding waters closer to the Equator. Mothers and their young swim close together, often touching one another with their flippers with what appear to be gestures of affection. Humpbacks are powerful swimmers, and they use their massive tail fin to propel themselves through the water and sometimes completely out of it.