Migration

**ajaxfetish** · 12-09-2005, 17:40

All right, I've got a completely random question, but something I just found myself curious about: Does anyone know of any animals that migrate north for the winter instead of south? I know some birds do reverse migration, but only as a mistake. Are there any animals that intentionally head to colder climes when the nights get longer?

Ajax

edit--north being for the northern hemisphere; south for you Australians, etc.

**English assassin** · 12-09-2005, 18:50

Polar bears have to wait for sea ice to form at the end of the summer before they can go onto the ice to hunt. So overall they go further north as autumn comes in.

And emperor penguins come onto land (=south) to lay their eggs in winter, headijng back to the sea (=north) to feed in spring.

**Reverend Joe** · 12-09-2005, 19:07

Hey, man, what's with the name? Are you the Ajax lady or something?

**Oaty** · 12-09-2005, 19:47

Killer whales, and the schools of fish they hunt down. Don't know what type of fish it is that goes migrates to the arctic but basically they go there to avoid the predators for when the food is less abundant and they are more likely to be prey. Unfortanately they have a tag along guest that they don't like the company of.

**ajaxfetish** · 12-09-2005, 21:22

My friends nicknamed me Ajax in high school, and put together a comedy band for the Senior talent show called 'Ajax Fetish.' Unfortunately Ajax is always already taken as a screen name, but for some inexplicable reason nobody else seems to be using the name ajaxfetish

. So in the interest of having a single unique screenname and not having to remember more than one, that's what I use.

Ajax

**GoreBag** · 12-11-2005, 22:18

There was a case of a flock (?) of flamingos who'd apparently become confused and wound up here, barely surviving the bearded might of the Canadian winter. They were rescued by a bunch of animal-friendly types and eventually made it to a less insane climate.

**Reverend Joe** · 12-11-2005, 23:32

Originally Posted by NeonGod

There was a case of a flock (?) of flamingos who'd apparently become confused and wound up here, barely surviving the bearded might of the Canadian winter. They were rescued by a bunch of animal-friendly types and eventually made it to a less insane climate.

What?! Why?! That's natural selection, man!