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Blubber for Energy
Adult whales eat little or nothing during winter in the nursery lagoons. They don't find much food while migrating either. A whale's blubber provides the energy the whale needs when food is scarce. A 30-ton whale may burn up to eight tons of blubber during the winter months and two migration journeys!



Image: Keith Jones