Kukho into enomlingo malunga neminenga. Inokuba inyani kukuba uhlobo olunye - umnenga wiblue - yiyo esona silwanyana sikhulu emhlabeni , ifikelela kubude obuyi-100 yeenyawo ubude kunye nobunzima obungama-300,000 eepawundi. Okanye mhlawumbi kukuba iminenga ifudumele, iphefumla umoya, kwaye incancise abantwana babo - kodwa bakwazi ukuhlala elwandle, kunye nezinye iintlobo ukuntywila ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-600 ukuzingela ngelixa ubambe umphefumlo wabo ukuya kuthi ga kwiyure enesiqingatha.
Ngaphezu kwako konke, imikhomo ayifumaneki. Nangona kunjalo, inkoliso ifudukela kwiikhweyitha ukuzalela kwaye izalele apho ifudumeleyo ngaphambi kokuya ezipalini ukuze itye emanzini atyebileyo. Ngenxa yolu fuduko, ukubukela iminenga kuyahluka ngokwamaxesha onyaka nangokwekhwezi. Ngeyona nto uyidubulayo xa ubona esinye sezidalwa ezibalaseleyo, cwangcisa uhambo lokuya kwenye (okanye nangaphezulu) kweyona ndawo ibalaseleyo yokubukela iminenga ehlotyeni.
IAzores, ePortugal
Ukujonga iminenga Ityala: UThomas Schmitt / Getty Izithombe
Nini ukuya: Epreli-Okthobha
Into oyibonayo: Isidoda, i-humpback, luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kunye neminenga
Kungathatha inqwelomoya eyongezelelweyo ukufika kwiiAzores, eziyinxalenye yePortugal kodwa zihlala embindini woLwandlekazi lweAtlantic, kodwa ababukeleyo beminenga bavuzwa ngokubona iminenga ngexesha. Imikhomo yesidoda bahlala kwesi siqithi sikhulu I-Sao Miguel unyaka wonke kunye nokubona i-humpback, i-blue, kunye neminenga yokugqibela ixhaphakile. Abaqhubi bezokhenketho bathanda I-Moby Dick nokuba uqhayise umgaqo-nkqubo wokhenketho oqinisekisiweyo.
IBay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ukujonga iminenga Ityala: Imifanekiso kaGetty
Nini ukuya: NgoJuni ukuya ku-Okthobha, kodwa uAgasti ubhetele
Into oyibonayo: I-Fin, i-humpback, i-minke, kunye nomnenga wasentla ongasekunene
I-Bay of Fundy iyaqhayisa Iintlobo ezili-12 zeminenga ukuyenza ngokulula ibe yenye yezona ndawo zibukekayo zokubukela iminenga kwimpuma yeKhanada. Apha, iindwendwe zihlala zibona i-fin, i-humpback, i-minke, kunye neminenga esemantla. Le yokugqibela yenye yezona ndidi zeminenga isengozini emhlabeni - ke ababukeli beminenga abanomdla bayakuvuyela ukwazi ukuba ngokweNational Geographic, itheku linomtsalane elona lizwe linabantu abaninzi of North Atlantic iminenga ehlabathini.
IHervey Bay, e-Australia
Ukujonga iminenga Ityala: ICultura RM Exclusive / Marco Simon / Getty Izithombe
Nini ukuya: Ekupheleni kukaJulayi ukuya ku-Okthobha
Into oyibonayo: Iminenga eyi-humpback
Ekupheleni kwehlobo, imikhomo xa isiya eAntarctica ukondla indawo yokumisa eHervey Bay apho banako zikhulise amantshontsho azo emanzini akhuselekileyo. Nangona ii-humpbacks ziqhelekile ngeli xesha lonyaka, indawo yase-Australia Izilwanyana zasendle malunga neminenga ithi i-minke, i-orcas, iipygmy sperm whale, kunye neminenga kaBryde ziye zabonwa emanzini ase-Australia.
ISaguenay, Quebec, Canada
Ukujonga iminenga Ityala: Neta Degany / Getty Izithombe
Nini ukuya: NgoJuni ukuya kuSeptemba
Into oyibonayo: I-Beluga, i-humpback, kunye neminenga eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka
Le ndawo yokubukela iminenga ngokwenene iyi ipaki yaselwandle lelo likhaya elijikeleze unyaka wonke ukujikeleza Iminenga eyi-beluga eyi-1 000 - uhlobo olukrelekrele lomnenga. Ngexesha eliphakamileyo, malunga ne-13 yeentlobo ze-whale ezizayo zondla ukulungiselela ukufuduka ixesha elide ebusika. Indawo ekhuselekileyo ikwalikhaya lesona silwanyana sikhulu ehlabathini, umnenga.