{"id":1762,"date":"2013-07-22T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/22\/dolphins-and-devil-ray\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:31","slug":"dolphins-and-devil-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-devil-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins and a devil ray"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIt is the peak of the summer in the islands somewhere in the middle of Atlantic. Today we had whale watching during the morning and once more we had a tour with a tight schedule because we had so much to see out there. <\/span>We saw 5 species of dolphin: common<\/a>, Risso’s<\/a>, bottlenose<\/a>, spotted<\/a> and last but not smallest pilot whales<\/a>! <\/span>It was a really fantastic trip. And for our second encounter, together with the common dolphins<\/a>, we had a nice visitor looking and approaching us – a devil ray<\/a> accompanied by two remora fishes<\/a>. In the afternoon only our swimming boats left the marina to swim with a group of at least 300 common dolphins<\/a>! <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nVideo of the Risso’s dolphins<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nVideo of the pilot whales<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDevil ray<\/a> with two remoras<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nDevil ray<\/a> <\/i><\/div>\n
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\nDevil ray<\/a> pectoral fins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur biologists explaining more about the devil ray we encountered<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nRisso’s dolphin<\/a> surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSmiling Risso’s dolphin<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA Risso’s dolphin<\/a> with another further away like a light blue shadow underwater<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/a> jumping<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching a bottlenose dolphin<\/a> leaping alongside our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nA large group of pilot whales<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nOur zodiac with a pilot whale<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nPilot whale<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whale<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA female pilot whale<\/a> with a small calf behind, can you see it?<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nHorse mackerel<\/a> filmed underwater during the afternoon swimming tour<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is the peak of the summer in the islands somewhere in the middle of Atlantic. 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