{"id":712,"date":"2017-08-12T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/12\/our-most-encountered-sperm-whale-and\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:46","slug":"our-most-encountered-sperm-whale-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/our-most-encountered-sperm-whale-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Our most encountered sperm whale and the acrobats"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nToday we encountered our most famous and most encountered sperm whale<\/a> here off S\u00e3o Miguel Island. He is a large male who we call “Mr Liable” because he is a very reliable whale that always returns to our waters and is usually very predictable in his dive times and in showing a really great big tail when he goes down on a deep feeding dive. In the early morning our lookouts<\/a> first saw him with a female, but when we got out to him he was alone again. We got to see him up for a long time, and then the magic moment – his great big tail! The morning tour was completed with two very nice dolphin encounters – our resident bottlenose dolphins<\/a> (who were socialising and jumping near our boats) and a large feeding group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> together with Cory’s shearwaters<\/a>. In the afternoon we met “Mr Liable” again but this time he wasn’t hungry any longer and just went for shallow dives. Later we met a pod of Risso Dolphin’s<\/a> which were even approaching the boat. The people on Cetus witnessed a show of leaping Risso’s while on Quatro Ventos we enjoyed the coordinated leaps of Atlantic spotted dolphins on the morning and afternoon trip. What a great experience!<\/div>\n
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Who is watching who? Curious bottlenose dolphin close up<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Mr Liable a big sperm whale male fluking<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Show of Atlantic spotted dolphins during the feeding scene on the morning tour <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The show of the Atlantic spotted dolphins goes on …<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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While some of the Atlantic spotted dolphins are working others are having fun<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Adult Risso’s Dolphin breaching<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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As it was so nice to see more of the body of these species, the Risso’s Dolphin showed off again<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The afternoon Atlantic spotted dolphins had as much energy as the ones in the morning<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Two male Atlantic spotted dolphins seen in the sequence of their coordinated high leaps<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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As this leaps are happening so fast, a chance to see the Atlantic spotted dolphins in a still image<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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What goes up, must come down, the Atlantic spotted Dolphins just before entering their usual habitat again<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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