{"id":1370,"date":"2015-01-27T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/27\/dolphins-turtles-sharks-and-something\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:33:08","slug":"dolphins-turtles-sharks-and-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-turtles-sharks-and-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins, turtles, sharks and something on the horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>The ocean was full of marine life today. We have a long species list to give you: bottlenose dolphin<\/a>, common dolphin<\/a>, loggerhead turtle<\/a>, hammerhead shark<\/a>, Portuguese man-o-war<\/a>, valella, yellow-legged gulls<\/a>, buzzards<\/a>, rock pigeons<\/a>, red rock crabs and a Glaucous gull<\/a>. Our whale watching boat had great time with the bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and our well-known Submarino and lots of baby dolphins. These dolphins gave us a show that you can never get in a dolphinarium, as usual, as we had 70-80 dolphins jumping right next to us and bowriding the calm water. Our swiming boat stayed with the bottlenose dolphins having a wonderful and magical time with them in the water and they also encountered the turtles. Later the whale watchers encountered common dolphins<\/a> but (me) the biologist and the skipper saw a huge splash on the horizon that must have been a whale breaching. We went to the area but no animal appeared. If it was a sperm whale<\/a> it could have gone on a dive and then it will be down for about 45 min. We also had a quick look at a hammerhead shark<\/a> cutting the surface with its dorsal fin giving us that wonderful movie-feeling. And we helped clean the ocean by picking up rubbish.
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\nToday we had an awesome swimming with dolphins
\nday, a very large group of beautiful and playful bottlenose dolphins that
\noffered us an amazing spectacle of jumps and were swimming with the boat for a
\nlong time, so we had the opportunity of swimming with them as the group was
\ntraveling and also hearing their songs.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nOur swimming with dolphins journey became a
\n\u2018Swimming with turtles\u2019 journey when we found two cute loggerhead turtles<\/a>, so
\nwhy not?  We jumped into the water as
\nthey were lying in the surface sunbathing and getting hot, as they are reptiles
\nthey need to warm up with the sun when they have the opportunity.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSo they gave us the opportunity to play, film
\nthem and swim under them. The bigger one had a special friend with her, a pilot
\nfish who didn\u2019t separate from her.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nSwimming in open sea is scary because of the
\nfeeling of being so small in the middle of the bigness but it\u2018s really worth
\nit, the amazing feeling of being hand by hand with this wild and beautiful
\ncreatures.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nVideo of the bottlenose dolphins, enjoy!<\/b><\/div>\n
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