National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Whales

Over the course of their 70-year lifespan sperm whales will easily travel the circumference of the Earth in search of food and the need to breed and find a mate. Males will travel as far north as the Bering Sea and as far south as Antarctica in order to find enough food to sustain their ways of live&#151;up to 700 squid a day! Along the way these massive beasts battle 30-feet-long giant squids and each other to sustain their ways of life.<br><br>National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.<br>Visit&#160;www.natgeoed.org/commoncore&#160;for more information.