{"id":363,"date":"2018-10-20T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/20\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales-watching\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:35","slug":"dolphins-and-sperm-whales-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins and Sperm whales watching (including the famous Mr. Liable)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We started today with some rain and the wind is picking up again after two perfect calm days, nevertheless, we managed to still get out on the water today and have some successful sightings.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We started the morning tour with a nice group of bottlenose dolphins. Next, we tried to see a baleen whale but only managed to see the blow. But we did succeed in seeing sperm whales. We encountered two individuals together at the surface, and even raising their tails together. To our delight, it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acoreswhalewatching\/videos\/vl.781416091979011\/2263395310368017\/?type=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">big famous Mr. Liable<\/a> accompanied by a smaller female.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photos by David Rodrigues<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"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<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale (Mr. Liable) tail<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale (Mr. Liable) tail<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale (Mr. Liable) tail<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/5-3.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale blow<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-2.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6-2.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"789\" data-original-width=\"940\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Watching Bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/arcoiris-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\/2018\/10\/arcoiris-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Rainbow<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We started today with 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