{"id":230,"date":"2019-05-02T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/02\/we-cant-get-enough-of-blue-whales\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:17","slug":"we-cant-get-enough-of-blue-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-cant-get-enough-of-blue-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"We can’t get enough of the blue whales!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIt seems like the migratory whales season really took off. We saw two species of these majestic animals <\/span><\/span>again<\/span>. We left Ponta Delgada for our morning whale watching trip<\/a> with the sun shining and not much ondulation, although as we navigated the sky got covered and the sea got rougher.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWe first encountered a small group of common dolphins<\/a> some time after leaving the marina. They were not very interested in us but we could still enjoy some jumps as they were swimming fast. The group also included lots of calves.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWe kept on traveling southeast and arrived to an area with whales. There were several animals: two fin whales<\/a> and two blue whales<\/a> had been spotted from the different boats, the biggest and second biggest animals that have ever lived on Earth. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThey appeared on the surface few times and showed their typical behaviour blowing and arching the back. These species of whales don’t usually show their tails as other species like the sperm whales<\/a> or the humpback whales<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWe headed back to Ponta Delgada knowing we had witnessed a special moment, which doesn’t happen everyday. Hopefully these animals will stay in our waters for some time.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nToday in the morning, our guests left mesmerized. During our swimming with dolphins trip <\/a>we found two resident species in the area. The bottlenose dolphins<\/a> were really curious with the boat and also with our swimmers. They could even feel the echolocation sounds emitted by the bottlenose on their body and their whistling sounds coming from every direction! <\/span><\/div>\n
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The other resident species that appeared swimming in the area, Risso\u2019s dolphins<\/a>, were also seen quite well. They were having a calm and slow swimming behavior, staying near the surface for a long time. One of the whitish males got curious with our swimmers, staying quite stopped in the water column the both species – human and dolphin – understanding each other. Amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nOur guests also had the opportunity to enter the water along with a loggerhead sea turtle<\/a> which today\u2019s sea was full of. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe great surprise of the day: a big sunfish<\/a> that we found swimming near the surface! <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThey are the heaviest of all the bony fishes in the Ocean and quite impressive to see underwater! Nowadays, they are considered vulnerable mostly due to the big problems of today\u2019s world Oceans: entanglements on ghost nets and eating plastic that looks like one of their main preys: jellyfish! <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBoth turtles and sunfishes forage on jellyfishes. Jellyfishes are plankton, and our big baleen whales\u2019 main prey is also one type of plankton! So, let the Spring keep on bringing us much plankton to feed all of these beautiful animals near our coasts!<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLet\u2019s see what we can observe in our next trips tomorrow! Who wants to join aboard?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems like the migratory whales season really took off. 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