{"id":1347,"date":"2015-02-27T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/27\/why-do-they-jump\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:33:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:33:16","slug":"why-do-they-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/why-do-they-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do they jump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why do dolphins jump? There are many answers for that question. It could be to see whats going on above the surface (ex. groups birds which can indicate that there is <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/08\/dolphin-food-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fish<\/a> around, look for boats or other dolphins), to get rid of parasites such as <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/whale-lice-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whale lice<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-remora-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remoras<\/a>, males showing off their strength and agility to females but one thing is for sure: sometimes they jump just because its fun! And we got some nice jumps today from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"> very close to our boats. What joy!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nWe also encountered <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> and some of us on the catamaran also got to see a small <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/06\/caretta-caretta-loggerhead-turtle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loggerhead turtle<\/a> before it dived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aL1pIqDzpE4\/VPCQP_QVuCI\/AAAAAAAAObI\/idPapIX9Zuw\/s1600\/IMG_1022.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1022.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-xJ9TCm-0w6g\/VPCQPwTL9ZI\/AAAAAAAAObM\/v2t5xttJbYU\/s1600\/IMG_1023.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1023.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-kLbeySowKaA\/VPB5lbek8bI\/AAAAAAAAMJs\/XS08es1-pcE\/s1600\/DSC_0460%2B-%2BC%C3%B3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0460-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wKWQrm6wbXE\/VPB5lWgFhII\/AAAAAAAAMJw\/N9gLkcxW3GA\/s1600\/DSC_0478%2B-%2BC%C3%B3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0478-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0x5RkW1meew\/VPCQQDdEpGI\/AAAAAAAAObQ\/gaOoslsLJLA\/s1600\/IMG_1062.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1062.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Watching bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-B5fCX5HK9Uc\/VPB5ldOvnhI\/AAAAAAAAMJ0\/s-mhEao-tBk\/s1600\/DSC_0552%2B-%2BC%C3%B3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0552-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-plptEqoGp3s\/VPCQO4jtgBI\/AAAAAAAAObA\/M9L22QyEuL8\/s1600\/IMG_1011.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1011.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZbARKcOtkNY\/VPB5mDd78rI\/AAAAAAAAMJ4\/go72XQbmV90\/s1600\/DSC_0553%2B-%2BC%C3%B3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0553-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Common dolphins bowriding<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2iD4iSPR8ts\/VPCQO5eUCqI\/AAAAAAAAOa8\/U41JoHUUta4\/s1600\/IMG_1010.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1010.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Watching bottlenose dolphins bowriding<\/i><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-walbClLIclQ\/VPB5mb0rlzI\/AAAAAAAAMKA\/troiERCz_1g\/s1600\/DSC_0555%2B-%2BC%C3%B3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0555-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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