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The Caribbean Sea is populated by at least 30 species of marin
mammals.
| The most enthusiastic encounter is the one
with the Humpback whale (Megaptera
novaeangliae), that chooses these waters for breeding
and giving birth to calves. After a exhausting migration from
the cold waters of the Antartic (Canada, Greenland, Iceland),
the humpback arrives in Caribbean Sea in the winter season. |
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Here we can observe some of their most
interesting behaviours, from the young
males that jump several times completely out of the water to
show their strenght up to the enormous and sweet mothers swimming
with their calves to prepare them for the long and fatiguing
migration north in spring season. |
| For sure it's not less impressive the encounter
with the soerm whale (Physeter
catodon), that brings out its huge tail to submerge to
2000 meters for up to one hour, in search for it favourite prey,
the giant squid. |
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On the other hand the encounter with the
dolphins is full of joy and laughter. Different
species, the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
the spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) and others
line up by hundreds in a rigouros structure to protec mothers
and calves. There will normally be the young ones to come close
to the boat to let themselves pushed by the waves at the bow,
allowing the rest of the group to follow. |
| Among the big size dolphins it's probable
to find the placid pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus) and the false killer whales (Pseudorca
crassidens) which rest tranquil at the surface, awaiting
for the night to chase, or the Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
troncatus), sadly popular as clown in which trought the
few species to bear captivity. |
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