azwhales
Today we had a beautiful morning, after a few days on land due to bad weather. Early in our trip, we were able to spot a small group of common dolphins, with some birds (cory’s shearwater and seagulls).
After leaving the area, we were lucky to find risso’s dolphins along with bottlenose dolphins, an association that is not common to see attending an event of interactions between species (more aggressive behavior by the risso’s dolphins). There are already some reports of rissos’s dolphins showing more aggressive behavior towards other species, like sperm whales and pilot whales.
After the event the species took opposite directions, we stayed with the small group of bottlenose dolphins in constant dives and then we returned to the risso’s dolphins that were also in constant dives.
Photos by Rafael Martins
azwhales
Equipa de Biólogos da Futurismo
Sandrina Rodrigues
