{"id":145,"date":"2019-07-02T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/02\/sperm-whales-and-sad-plastic-interaction\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:44","slug":"sperm-whales-and-sad-plastic-interaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whales-and-sad-plastic-interaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whales and sad plastic interaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Today, we<br \/>\nhad another day with perfect conditions to see whales and dolphins. We are<br \/>\nbeing really lucky these last days.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\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;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/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\/4boat.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In both tours, morning and afternoon, we<br \/>\nwere with a group of female <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whales<\/a>. We don\u2019t know yet if this group is<br \/>\nthe same that we saw these days, our biologists are doing a great job checking<br \/>\nthe marks on the tails, to recognize each individual and see how many times<br \/>\nthey were sighted, where and with who they are used to be.<\/span><\/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;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5spermwhale.png\" width=\"640\" \/> <\/span><\/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;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6spermwhales.png\" width=\"640\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Also, in<br \/>\nthe afternoon we had the sad opportunity to see how sperm whales are currently<br \/>\ninteracting with plastic, playing with it and putting it in the mouth.<br \/>\nFortunately, this time, the plastic was collected and the whales didn\u2019t eat it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"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\/10spermwhalelitter1.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\/10spermwhalelitter1.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/11spermwhalelitter2.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\/11spermwhalelitter2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12.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\/12.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We also had<br \/>\ndolphin sightings in the morning and in the afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/striped-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">striped dolphins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a> <\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>. So, we can say that here, out of S\u00e3o<br \/>\nMiguel, it was full of dolphins.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"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\/9strippeddolphins.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\/9strippeddolphins.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/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\/1.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.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\/2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3spotteddolphins.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\/3spotteddolphins.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8commondolphin.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\/8commondolphin.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7commondolphin.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\/7commondolphin.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, we had another day with perfect conditions to see whales and dolphins. 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