Equipa de Biólogos da Futurismo
During 2008 we had fabulous and unforgetable moments of whale watching thanks to the 17 species of cetaceans that visited the waters of São Miguel Island, Azores. The species sighted this year were:
- Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)
- Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)
- Pilot whale (Globicephala spp.)
- False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
- Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
- Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
- True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus)
- Sowerby beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
Ofcourse we also sighted other marine species including the whale shark, hammerhead shark, manta ray, sunfish, turtles and flying fish. Was a good year, but the most import for all, was the fact that we had the pleasure to share this wonderfull place with a lot of people.
Thank you very much for being with us!
The Futurismo team
Equipa de Biólogos da Futurismo
Sandrina Rodrigues
