{"id":49873,"date":"2017-10-04T21:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T21:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/a-quel-age-les-femelles-belugas-arretent-elles-davoir-des-petits\/"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:25:32","slug":"at-what-age-do-female-belugas-stop-having-offspring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/at-what-age-do-female-belugas-stop-having-offspring\/","title":{"rendered":"At what age do female belugas stop having offspring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By St\u00e9phanie Tremblay<\/p>\n<p>Female belugas reach sexual maturity between the ages of 8 and 14 and can live between 60 and 80 years. When do they stop having young? Do they go through menopause?<\/p>\n<p>According to Robert Michaud, Scientific Director for the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals, &#8220;there are no clear signs of menopause in belugas, but rather signs of senescence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senescence (or aging) is defined as &#8220;the time-related deterioration of the physiological functions necessary for survival and fertility&#8221; (Scott F. Gilbert). This would mean that belugas gradually lose the ability to reproduce over the years, but the end of breeding might also coincide with death. Menopause, on the other hand, implies that reproduction ceases long before the end of active life. In a sense, it is a &#8220;post-reproductive&#8221; period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By St\u00e9phanie Tremblay Female belugas reach sexual maturity between the ages of 8 and 14 and can live between 60 and 80 years. When do they stop having young? Do they go through menopause? 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