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Of course we made time to stop with seals....always :)
Thanks for checking in today,
Cheers,
Danielle
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
What a great day
Good evening everyone, we had an incredibly special afternoon on the water today, we had the chance to show our passengers a breaching minke whale! All whales have the ability to breach but some species. such as humpbacks and Orca tend to breach more often but when you get the chance to see a minke whale breach it's a very special sight. Researchers are not positive why whales breach but there are many ideas such as knocking external parasites off, strengthening muscles in the case of calves, attracting attention of potential mates or maybe even just for fun.
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Great job, Danielle!!! Wish we could have been there.
ReplyDeleteI bet there's video, too, yes? Maybe from one (or more) of your guests?
Mike
Wow! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a show for your guests aboard the Quoddy. Love it!
ReplyDeleteDanielle, what a show and how wonderful for the guests of the Quoddy. Keep posting, love the pictures!
ReplyDeleteDanielle, these have to be the best breach images of minkes I have ever seen. You are an extremely good photographer! Did you get answers to your questions?
ReplyDeleteBill Rossiter
Cetacean Society International
FB/CSI Whalelovers //csiwhalesalive.org
Thank you so much Bill for your kind words. They really mean a lot.
ReplyDeleteAs for the answers, not really....lots of different opinions but the blood seems to be coming from very small regions, perhaps there were external parasite, barnacles maybe. Some people thought rubbing on the ocean floor. We were in over 300 feet of water in a very strong tidal current, she was not on the ocean floor between breaches, that's for sure, but maybe before the activity started. We had a minke breaching a few days ago too....seems to be something we see a little more often around here. Thanks again for your comments,
Cheers,
Danielle