|03-06-2019| Dolphins and Sperm whales in the South of Faial, Azores
Resident Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) opened our sighting report. They were travelling in the South of Faial island.
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There was a pod of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). It was composed by females. They were diving and we could catch their flukes for photo identification.
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But not only tails, we could see the animals' bodies very well.
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Some of them were diving in pairs.
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And they showed synchronized flukes.
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The group on board was amazed by the time we start going back to Horta's harbour.
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