{"id":52403,"date":"2020-07-27T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=52403"},"modified":"2020-07-27T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:46:02","slug":"the-3rd-biggest-animal-in-the-world-and-dolphins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/the-3rd-biggest-animal-in-the-world-and-dolphins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3rd biggest animal in the world and dolphins today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today the sky was pretty cloudy but we had a really nice day at sea! The lookouts informed us about a <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/sei-whale\/\">sei whale <\/a>on sight, and after traveling towards the East for a while we saw a huge blow in front of us! This sei whale seemed a little shy and was surprising us with its blows appearing on different sides every time, but we managed to see its dorsal fin several times, and even a little bit of the tail which we normally don\u2019t see very often in this species!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52410\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52410\" class=\"wp-image-52410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-copie-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52412\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52412\" class=\"wp-image-52412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20-4-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52414\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52414\" class=\"wp-image-52414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/21-3-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After spending some time with the whale, we decided to leave it alone as it wasn\u2019t very interested in our company. But soon after, we saw a large group of our resident species &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin\/\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>! They were really active and we were lucky to enjoy many acrobatic jumps. There\u2019s no need to go to captive dolphin shows &#8211; it\u2019s much nicer to see them jumping in the wild, voluntarily, and surrounded by their families!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-5.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-5.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52416\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52416\" class=\"wp-image-52416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-5.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-5-768x576.png 768w, 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https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-5-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/7-5-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52422\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52422\" class=\"wp-image-52422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19-3-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52436\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52436\" class=\"wp-image-52436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We saw one individual with a very specific beak &#8211; its upper jaw was much shorter than the lower one, and we immediately thought about our well-known dolphin named Max. However, after we got back and checked it, it seemed more like Mr. Grey. What do you think? You can read more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/9-years-later-we-have-a-match-for-a-dolphin\/\">bottlenose dolphin photo-identification work <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-copie-380x285.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After spending plenty of time surrounded by many dolphin fins all around, we headed back to Ponta Delgada bringing nice memories of our sightings. If you want to join us on one of our adventures, <a href=\"https:\/\/fareharbor.com\/embeds\/book\/futurismo\/items\/162927\/calendar\/2020\/07\/?language=en&amp;full-items=yes\">book your trip<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-copie-1.png\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-copie-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"52442\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-copie-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=52442\" class=\"wp-image-52442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-copie-1.png 800w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-copie-1-300x225.png 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