GREATEST HITS WEEK!
We’re on holiday this week, so we’re sharing some of our greatest hits you may have missed!!
Today we’re putting on our diving suits and taking a dip in the cold waters of the subarctic to meet this swimming mammal! Are you ready? Let’s do this!
MEET THE HARBOR PORPOISE!
Range/Habitat: North Atlantic-North Pacific Ocean/ coasts, rivers
Diet: Carnivores: fish, herring, capelin
Length/Weight: 4 ½-6 ½ ft/ 110-200 lbs
Conservation Status: vulnerable
Fun Facts:
- The Harbor Porpoise is also called the common porpoise.
- They prefer temperate and subarctic waters.
- They generally shy and elusive.
- Harbor porpoises tend to feed on the bottom.
- They use echolocation to help them find their prey.
- Harbor porpoises are black on top and white on the underside.
- Harbor porpoises have been known to travel into fresh water rivers.
These shy porpoises are wonderful! Scientists don’t know much about these porpoises because of their shy nature. Ocean dwelling animals are very hard to study since humans don’t have gills :)!
The Adventures of Ellie and Edmond 