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Summary: Whales protect their young by traveling in pods of several, where the adult whales are able to watch all of the calves in the group. Find out how whales protect their young from orca whales and the whaling industry with information from an experienced aquarist in this free video on whales.
Erin Carter has been an aquarist at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco since September 2004. She has worked with over 20,000 animals, focusing on teleosts and elasmobranches....read more
"Hello my name is Erin Carter and I am a aquatic biologist at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Fransisco. And I have been an aquarist here for five years I am SCUBA certified and I have a degree in Marine Biology. Well even though whales are the largest marine mammal they are still preyed upon by orca whales and also the human whaling industry. Also babies or calves do tend to get into accidents with boats and fishing fleets. One way that they protect themselves is by traveling in pods, it is a group living together from place to place and all the adults are responsible for watching all of the young, so it is it is definitely safety in numbers. They migrate they hunt and they mate together in those pods. There is also a new interesting study on escort whales which is a male whale bonding with a mother and her calf that will travel from one community ground to the next community ground and does not necessarily stay with them after that, but again the the power in numbers the safety in numbers of having three is as better than one."
eHow Article: How Do Whales Protect Their Young?
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