Animals That Migrate On Land

Animals that migrate below are some examples of animals that migrate across the land air and sea.

Animals that migrate on land. Amphibians can live both in the water and on land whereas hippos cant breath underwater. Both land and aquatic animals migrate. Caribou spend the summer in.

Sea turtles are well known for their amazing migrations but among them its the leatherback turtles that undertake the longest journey. The Arctic tern covers a migrating cycle of over 40000 miles and is thought to have the longest migration cycle of all animals. The land animal that migrates the longest is the caribou which travels about 700 miles.

They make some of the most amazing journeys on Earth. It migrates to find food during the wet and drys seasons. Sometimes traveling 10000 miles or more between breeding.

The butterfly that migrates the longest is the Monarch which migrates up to 2000 miles. In North America they migrate each spring to the northern coast where they birth their calves in the summer. Mammals do not migrate so much because walking is slow and takes up too much time.

Every year in April male African elephants begin migrating southward in search of female herds to mate with. Geneticssome scientists believe that migratory animals genetically inherit migratory routes from their parents. Others such as the monarch butterfly Sanaus plexippus and Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea migrate.

Mammals that migrate Among the most common examples of mammals that migrate are wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus About a million of them make seasonal trips across the Serengeti plains between Tanzania and Kenya. They migrate in herds of up to 100000 animals. Birds bats and insects fly long distances sometimes crossing entire continents or oceans.