December 23, 2016
The ancient Greeks called dolphins ‘hieros ichthys’, which means ‘sacred fish’. Dolphins play a role in many Greek myths, where they were always depicted as altruistic […]
December 23, 2016
You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why that? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened […]
December 22, 2016
On a Sunday in November we got very surprised by a Fin whale sighting. After a long search for animals we finally got the information that […]
December 21, 2016
This year we will be going out again for the fireworks with Stenella. Ribeira Brava will stay in the harbor, it is a long way until […]
December 20, 2016
October 2016 was the absolute Sperm whale month. The day the pictures was taken, Daniel made an amazing video. A Sperm whale baby approached Stenella while […]
December 19, 2016
Nice guests, best company, but where were the marine mammals? We would have loved to show our guests the animals, but today this was not possible. […]
December 18, 2016
It is a very unusual picture to see Common dolphins in September! We call them our “winter dolphins”. But the last two summers we made a […]
December 17, 2016
Fish have vertical tail fins, while whales and dolphins have horizontal ones. Why is that? These traits are probably the result of the evolution of locomotion. […]
December 16, 2016
During our afternoon trip with Stenella we had a successful sightings with a huge group of Pilot whales. How impressive to see these beautiful animals travelling […]