. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. NATURALIST'S NOTEBOOK. TOP LEFT: A curious whale cavorts for the camera along the North Carolina coast. TOP RIGHT: An unknown humpback breaches near Cape Cod. BOTTOM: Stranded sperm whale Trouble on Wrightsville Beach, spring 1928. The skeleton of Trouble can be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, along with many others, including a blue whale and humpback whale. The aquarium, located south of Wilmington, adjacent to the Fort Fisher historical area, has a full-size mock-up of
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. NATURALIST'S NOTEBOOK. TOP LEFT: A curious whale cavorts for the camera along the North Carolina coast. TOP RIGHT: An unknown humpback breaches near Cape Cod. BOTTOM: Stranded sperm whale Trouble on Wrightsville Beach, spring 1928. The skeleton of Trouble can be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, along with many others, including a blue whale and humpback whale. The aquarium, located south of Wilmington, adjacent to the Fort Fisher historical area, has a full-size mock-up of Salt and one of her calves, "; The exhibit uses Salt to tell the tale of a humpback whale and its life throughout the year. This is an interesting tale because "people want to understand more about these mysterious animals," says Peggy Sloan, educational curator. "People are very curious about marine mammals because they, like humans, are large brained, warm-blooded animals, but they live in a completely foreign environment," adds Sloan. Soon that environment will be the coastal waters off North Carolina, as Salt migrates to the Gulf of Maine for summer feeding. In the spring, a newborn calf would be big enough to travel, but still dependent on Salt's milk. Every day, humpback calves drink 130 gallons of milk and gain about 200 pounds. Salt will swim three to five miles a day as she begins the long journey to her cold water feeding grounds. She will swim continuously along the continental shelf and pass our coast in March or April with her pod. A humpback pod is usually a small family, containing only a bull (male), cow (female), and a calf. 28 WINTER 2003. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant Colleg
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