{"id":856,"date":"2017-01-22T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/22\/humpback-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:58","slug":"humpback-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/humpback-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpback whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;\">Today we had a wonderful surprise during our whale watching tour. We had an amazing encounter with a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/humpback-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humpback whale<\/a>! This whale species is known for being friendly and curious and for being very active in the surface, it is not unusual to see this whale species jumping or as it happened today, showing its very long and white pectoral fins, that can measure a third part of animal&#8217;s total body length. In the Azores we don&#8217;t see humpback whales often, but when we do it is mostly in the winter and sometimes in the spring. This was the first Humpback of 2017, let\u2019s hope it stays around for some days! We also saw a big group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28329.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28329.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><i>We can see the long pectoral fin outside water&#8230;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28829.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28829.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<i>The whale passed very close to our boat, here we can also see the long fins they have if we compare with the body lentgh<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28729.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28729.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<i>Dorsal fin of the humpback whale is very characteristic of this species because of the shape<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28629.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28629.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28529.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28529.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28129.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MarinaL.Gardoki28129.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Bottlenose dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we had a wonderful surprise during our whale watching tour. 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