Where they are found. What they eat.    Size.
    Other Interesting Facts.
     
     
     
     
     
       
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    WHERE ARE BELUGAS FOUND?
    Belugas live in frigid arctic and sub arctic waters, but some migrate south to warmer water in the summer. Several long-distance migraters were seen  in Japan.  Some live at the edge of an ice pack.  Freezing weather may turn some of the ocean into ice. The ice can get so thick that the big beluga can't evan break the ice. They could die with no air.  The  Beluga lives in a school of other fish. These schools have thousands of different kinds of fish in them.   
       
         
        
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      WHAT DO BELUGAS EAT?  
    Belugas eat many smaller fish, squid, crustaceans, octopus, and worms. Belugas sometimes hunt  
    schools of fish in small groups. An adult beluga can sometimes eat more than it's body weight! A beluga has 34 teeth. The teeth aren't used for chewing, but they are used for grabbing their prey, and tearing prey. They just swallow their prey whole!  
       
       
       
      
      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE BELUGA

      The beluga whale grows to about 15 feet (4.6 m). It weighs up to 3,300 pounds (1.500 kg). The male belugas are a little bigger.  
        
        

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

      The killer whale, and polar bear eat the beluga. Mostly the calves. People have hunted belugas now for hundreds of years, but now they are only hunted by a few arctic tribes. They live for 25-30 years, and there are about 80,000 belugas alive. So they are not becoming extinct.  The  beluga is not white when it is born, but turns white at about 1 years old. Once the beluga is born it's mother mates with another beluga again. Every 5 years the mother beluga takes a break off raising belugas. Although belugas are a whale the beluga is a slow swimmer. They swim about 2-6 mph (3 to 9 kph). Once in a while they can get short bursts of speed up to 14 mph (22 kph) for about 15 minutes. You would think how fat a beluga is it wouldn't be able to dive, but it can! They can dive for about 3-15 minutes while hunting for for food. They travel about 1.5 miles (2.5km) during a dive. The beluga has a very high, rounded forehead called a melon which is best for sending and receiving signals.