{"id":136,"date":"2019-07-09T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/we-witnessed-2-sperm-whale-births\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:47","slug":"we-witnessed-2-sperm-whale-births","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-witnessed-2-sperm-whale-births\/","title":{"rendered":"We witnessed 2 sperm whale births"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Today we had a blessed morning&#8230; sun, calm ocean and the b<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">irth of 2 <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\">sperm whales<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">We<br \/>\ncame to the area where our lookout observed a lot of movement in the water and<br \/>\nwe noticed that the water had a reddish hue and the sperm whales were touching<br \/>\nand rolling over each other. We stayed and tried to figure out what was going<br \/>\non.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">Then<br \/>\nwe saw a very little head appeared in the surface &#8230; A BABY Sperm Whale! We<br \/>\nwere not the only ones to be surprised&#8230; we also had a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\">bottlenose<br \/>\ndolphins<\/a> &#8220;fighting&#8221; for our attention with acrobatic jumps and<br \/>\nswimming near our bow.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"308\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Facoreswhalewatching%2Fvideos%2F353121872280986%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" style=\"border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In order to give a little privacy to the new baby we moved away from the area and went to see the bottlenose dolphins.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">When we went to make our farewell to the baby we noticed that they were already 2! How wonderful!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<br \/>\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-spermwhaleandbottlenose.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-spermwhale.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10-spermwhale.png\" width=\"640\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-spermwhaletail.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">We then left the area and finished our morning trip with <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;\">common dolphins<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"> with many small babies. It was a morning dedicated to the babies of our waters.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-common-2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-common.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-common.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-bottlenose.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Another of<br \/>\nour boats saw even some bottlenose playing with a sunfish. Not sure if the<br \/>\nsunfish like it, but the dolphins did for sure!&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"401\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11-sunfish.png\" width=\"426\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we saw again a very active group of bottlenose dolphins. Amazing animals with incredible jumps again. Then we needed to travel much further away from the coast, but without any doubt, it worth it! We saw at least 10 sperm whales, with tails, with heads out of the water, socialising, and playing with each other. It was a long trip, but definitely, it was a very good one!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-bottlenoseandsunfish.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/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=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-common-1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-common-1.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we had a blessed morning&#8230; sun, calm ocean and the birth of 2 sperm whales! 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