{"id":549,"date":"2018-04-22T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/22\/pico-island-in-company-of-blue-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:34","slug":"pico-island-in-company-of-blue-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/pico-island-in-company-of-blue-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Pico Island in the company of a Blue whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today in Pico Island we got to see again a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/01\/blue-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue whale<\/a> tail.&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\">Blue whales are the largest animals in the world.&nbsp; They can easily be detected from great a distance because&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\">the strong vertical blow. We saw two during our tour! We could also see <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">risso&#8217;s dolphins<\/a> interacting with <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/corys-shearwater-fact-sheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cory&#8217;s shearwaters<\/a> and turtles! Another amazing day!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photos by: Rui Santos<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.baleia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.baleia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Blue whale tail<\/i><\/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\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.golfinho.comum_.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.golfinho.comum_.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Common dolphin<\/i><\/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\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.moleiro.cagarro.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.moleiro.cagarro.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin and cory&#8217;s shearwater<\/span><\/i><\/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\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.tartaruga.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NATUREbyRPS.tartaruga.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Turtle<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today in Pico Island we got to see again a Blue whale tail.&nbsp;Blue whales are the largest animals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[8,2,143,10,20,155],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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