{"id":232,"date":"2019-04-30T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/30\/a-day-with-biggest-animal-on-earth-blue\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:16","slug":"a-day-with-biggest-animal-on-earth-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-day-with-biggest-animal-on-earth-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"A day with the biggest animal on Earth: the blue whale"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nHave you ever seen the biggest animal that has ever existed on the face of the Earth? We did! The last time.. this morning! <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAmazing sighting of a blue whale<\/a>. It was far from the coast, but the long travel was worth it. We saw this whale several times, blowing high and strong. And when you realize how big it can be. <\/span>
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\nMuch bigger than our catamarans, the tongue with the size of an elephant, and the heart as a small car.<\/span> So difficult to understand its size without a real reference beside. Too big to be real, but it is, and we saw it! <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWhere will she go? We guess further north, but who knows? We are looking forward to check our photos and compare them with other places to find out!<\/span>
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\nThe afternoon tour was very much like the morning. We went far offshore to see a very big blue whale. This impressive big blue whale showed itself very well, a couple of times even almost lifting its tail out of the water. <\/span>
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\nWe also had bottlenose dolphins<\/a> closer to shore. In fact, they were everywhere, spread out over a large area!<\/span>
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\nWe also saw some common dolphins, and our guests swam with them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nOverall, it was a great day!<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nIn Pico island, the ocean was extremely serene in the morning – but full of life! The sea welcomed us with a numerous pod of bottlenose dolphins scattered all around us, jumping over the glass mirrored waves – making us feel within an ‘alive painting’! – and showing us some social behaviours between them! At this point every child on board was captivated!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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After seeing this resident species quite well, we roamed southwards to find two wonderful blue whales travelling together. They were going pretty fast, taking quick and few breathings during each time at the surface. We were able to see them quite well thanks to their amazing blows, the turquoise blue water and their nostrils bigger than our heads! So, after understanding this behaviour we saw them once more just to be able to keep them in our hearts and started navigating closer to the shore. <\/span><\/span>
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\nOur spotter saw a pod of Risso’s dolphins<\/a> closer to the shore and in this males pod we were able to identify one juvenile in between the big and white adults! Maybe he didn\u2019t join this pod for a long time. With photo ID, we are able to understand this question and much more.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAfter a beautiful morning, a perfect weather forecast for tomorrow awaits us where we and the sea meet again. Who will join us?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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