LIKE A CIRCUS IN THE WILD
During the past days, several humpback whales presented their acrobatic side to us. Numerous times we were able to observe them jump or tail- and flipperslap. In many cases the behaviour seemed to be related to feeding as for example today when we approached a "group" of four individuals: we took notice of the whales when two of them started to lobtail in a far distance whilst a third one leaped high out of the water. As we approached the area, we realised that actually three of them had come together (of which two were the lobtailing ones) and soon began to lunchfeed.
The forth individual (which was the breaching one from earlier) stayed nearby or moreover, followed the others, but over and over again the animal would disappear for a dive just to jump out of the water again seconds later.
During another tour, the humpback appearing in the video below was seen flipperslapping for a little while and swam back and forth under the boat continously. After, it started to spyhop (it literally poked its head above the surface in order to get a better view of the surrounding), then it rolled on its side whilst observing the boat and us crew and passengers.
- Sarah
LIKE A CIRCUS IN THE WILD During the past days, several humpback whales presented their acrobatic side to us. Numerous times we were able to observe them jump or tail- and flipperslap. In many cases the behaviour seemed to be related to feeding as for example today when we approached a "group" of four individuals: we took notice of the whales when two of them started to lobtail in a far distance whilst a third one leaped high out of the water. As we approached the area, we realised that actually three of them had come together (of which two were the lobtailing ones) and soon began to lunchfeed. The forth individual (which was the breaching one from earlier) stayed nearby or moreover, followed the others, but over and over again the animal would disappear for a dive just to jump out of the water again seconds later. During another tour, the humpback appearing in the video below was seen flipperslapping for a little while and swam back and forth under the boat continously. After, it started to spyhop (it literally poked its head above the surface in order to get a better view of the surrounding), then it rolled on its side whilst observing the boat and us crew and passengers. - Sarah
Posted by Gentle Giants Whale Watching on Monday, May 27, 2019