Aloha everyone!As Christmas Day is rapidly approaching, our great friends, the Humpback Whales, have started to arrive! A large percentage of the North Pacific migrate to the main Hawaiian islands during the winter months, November through May, each year. The round-trip distance they travel during this annual migration is approximately 4,000 miles, one of the longest migration distances of any animal species. During their stay in Hawaii, they do not feed, but rely upon stored energy. Near the islands, the whales devote most of their time to mating and giving birth to their calves. While visiting the islands, kohola have become renowned for their various acrobatic displays.
Humpback whales are an endangered species. In the past, the global humpback whale population size was about 750,000 to 2 million animals. The current global population is about 30 to 40 thousand. With about 66% of the North Pacific population wintering in Hawaii each year, up to 10,000 humpback whales could come to Hawaii this winter.
To learn more about this magnificent creatures, please feel free to visit this website to learn more: http://www.whalewatchmaui.com/migration.html
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