{"id":2186,"date":"2011-06-30T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/30\/big-male-sperm-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:28:02","slug":"big-male-sperm-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/big-male-sperm-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Big male sperm whale!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThe highlight of today was a very big sperm whale that was in the area. We had a few other sperm whales around too, but we ended up watching the big male between its deep long dives that lasted up to 73 minutes in duration. This morning we also saw common dolphins while in the afternoon we had a great encounter with a mixed group of striped dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins.<\/div>\n

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\nIt’s always an amazing experience to be able to see all these animals which unfortunately face a lot of threats today. One of these threats is entanglement in objects like nets, ropes and plastic. We like to help when we can by removing such items from the water. Today we pulled out a huge rope (shown in the picture below) which had a diameter of about 15cm, a length of more than 20m and a weight of at least 100kg! Eliminating such potential threats can make a huge difference so that we can continue to enjoy the dolphins, whale and other marine life.<\/div>\n

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