{"id":968,"date":"2016-08-04T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/another-day-with-elsemieks-family\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:28","slug":"another-day-with-elsemieks-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/another-day-with-elsemieks-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Another day with Elsemiek’s family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday we encountered the same family of sperm whales<\/a> that has been around during the past week. It is the family of Elsemiek, an adult female who we saw today, together with other family members who we have named Angel and also Peregrine, among others. In total we counted at least 11 sperm whales spread out across a big area in the morning, of which we encountered 7 up close from aboard our catamaran. In the afternoon we re-encountered 3 individuals from this group, including Elsemiek and Peregrine again. We can recognise the different individuals from the unique and natural marks they have on their tails, and many individuals in this group also have distinct white marks on their bodies (especially Peregrine who has a big white patch on its back). As for dolphins, today from our catamaran we encountered Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> in the morning and in the afternoon a small group of common dolphins<\/a> followed by a huge and active group of striped dolphins<\/a>. From our other boats bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and common dolphins were also encountered during both the morning and afternoon tours.<\/div>\n

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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nJuvenile Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whales, a beautiful moment showing a “Rainblow”<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe first tail of the morning<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n2 of the sperm whales diving together<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAnother beautiful sperm whale tail<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nStriped dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nStriped dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nStriped dolphins – a huge group of about 200 individuals!<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe first sperm whale of the afternoon<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nTwo curious sperm whales (Angel and Peregrine) passing in front of our boat<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe sperm whale we call Angel<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe sperm whale we call Peregrine<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we encountered the same family of sperm whales that has been around during the past week. 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