{"id":228,"date":"2019-05-04T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/04\/sperm-whales-humpback-whale-sei-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:17","slug":"sperm-whales-humpback-whale-sei-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whales-humpback-whale-sei-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whales, humpback whale, Sei whale, dolphins and whale carcass!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">What an amazing day!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whales, humpback whale, sei whale, bottlenose<br \/>\ndolphins and common dolphins!!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Different boats, different experiences. Even a whale carcass!! We guess it was a dead sperm whale.. smelling not nice.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Have a look at the underwater video, you will see even the vertebral column!!<br \/>\nAmazing.. that doesn\u2019t happen every day&#8230; Do you know that even when dead,<br \/>\nwhales are still a valuable resource for a lot of species? Scavengers on the<br \/>\nsurface, and endemic ones, that live only in those whale carcasses, when sank<br \/>\nin deep waters. The cycle of life!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">But.. let\u2019s go back to the animals alive!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">From one of our rubber boat we<br \/>\nsaw at least two sperm whales; from another rib, the humpback, which showed the<br \/>\ntail; and from our catamaran, sei whales!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">In the morning, however, we saw one<br \/>\nbaleen whale from the catamaran quite difficult to identify.. not sure if it<br \/>\nwas a fin or a sei whale. Sometimes the dorsal fin is not enough, and you need<br \/>\nto check the ridge on the head of the sei or the right side of the mouth white.<br \/>\nWe will check all our photos to discover it! But we guess that was probably a<br \/>\nfin whale.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Dolphins, as usual, were amazing, both bottlenose and common<br \/>\ndolphins. <\/span>Also to swim with!!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Would you join us tomorrow?<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/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\/05\/5-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-1024x576.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\/05\/6-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What an amazing day!&nbsp; Sperm whales, humpback whale, sei whale, bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins!!&nbsp; Different boats, different&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[23,29,155,4,30,5,11,156],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sperm whales, humpback whale, Sei whale, dolphins and whale carcass! 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