{"id":1755,"date":"2013-07-28T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/28\/close-contact-with-sperm-whales\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:32","slug":"close-contact-with-sperm-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/close-contact-with-sperm-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Close contact with sperm whales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>Today we had an amazing day for sperm whale<\/a> watching. Throughout the day we had a group of sperm whales (including two large males in the morning). In the morning we saw some socialising behaviour as well as some tails whereas in the afternoon the whales were only socialising. We were able to see much more of the whales than usual as they were rolling around on the surface. Several times they were very curious towards our catamaran and we had a great show as a small group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> were swimming around the whales. Throughout the day we also encountered common dolphins<\/a>, bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and striped dolphins.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nVideo of a juvenile sperm whale swimming fast towards a female (maybe its mother) and when it is close it raises its fluke to “brake” and line up nicely alongside the female.<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nVideo of the sperm whales together with Atlantic spotted dolphins in the afternoon<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins, juvenile and mother<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThree bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin baby<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThree sperm whales, two females and one male<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin spyhopping right next to our catamaran “Cetus”<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale underwater behind our catamaran<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale lying on its back (you can see the white line of the bottom jaw)<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale spyhopping (again showing its narrow bottom jaw)<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nMale sperm whale diving<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nThree sperm whales<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nMore sperm whales<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale on its side, you can see the pectoral fin, the fluke sticking up and the white jawline<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nClose up of the fluke when the whale is on its side<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphin surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin <\/i><\/div>\n

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