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The great weather is still in the Azores, and we are making the most of it by going out on the ocean morning and afternoon to enjoy some of the different types of marine life that we have out there. In the morning we encountered two different dolphin species: common dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins. It was great to see them playing around the boat, surfing the waves and sometimes looking back at us. We could also hear their whistles very clearly as they were coming close to our boat.
In the afternoon we travel further away to the west to meet a family of sperm whales. There were several ones around, socializing, some very curious passing close to the boat and even breaching! On our way to the whales we found as well a small hammerhead shark quite close to the shore.
Photos from today:
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| Sperm whale breaching this afternoon |
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| Sperm whale with a white patch close to the dorsal fin |
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Blowhole of a sperm whale on the left side of its head     |
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| Cory’s shearwater |
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| This afternoon we had a group of students coming from France. |
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
