Today we went on a tour to Peninsula Valdes. Gustav did not sleep last night because he was afraid not to see any whale today (clap clap, he was tired all day), but he was wrong... There are 2000 whales in this small bay, they all come there for reproduction. This bay is simply infested with whales :-p... The main problem is that it is really hard to take good pictures (you never know when or where they come off), so I mainly enjoyed the show...
I hesitated between this picture and the one showing a majesteous whale's tail... But there you go...
One of the numerous jumps... Quite impressive when you think that this specie of whale weighs 30-50tons for up to 20meters... We were also explained the way the way the whale copulates, which will be censored here (you can put your guess in the comments - not anonymously - but I doubt you'll quite get there...).
I like this one too....
After one 1h30 spent on the boat, we went back to the harbour for lunch, then drove toa beach reserved exclusively to Elephant Seals.
You cant really guess from the picture, but these two males are about 4meters long, 4tons... It really looks huge in real life, especially compared to the female, which only weighs 700kgs (then again, you dont want to know how the reproduction works...).
And this picture is dedicated to Gregoire... and Pole nord (or to his poll suggestion, your choice!).All these animals seemed fairly happy to know about Obama's election...
11 comments:
A whale is a whale is a whale ... However, in Swedish as well as in English there are different words for the different species. Which one(s) did you see? Anyway, they made great motifs. And regarding mating, please ask your nearest missionary!
I however know how sea elephants perform the act of mating. It all takes place in a freezer.
I repeat you I am not the witch.
ooOOOOOooooOOOOO that's so cute. I just hope you didn't pay 9999 pesos to watch one brainwashed penguin who sees 3000 fat tourists a day.
Pas mal ces ptites photos. Cela dit, je veux bien les explications "censored" :-p
Sinon, note à l'intention de Pierre et Grégoire : j'me suis acheté la 360 ;-)
Nice pics Captain Cousteau, i always knew you had a crush for elephant seals..
Penguins forever !
I´ve been very focused on elephants lately so I can´t really imagine whales....
La 360? Tu ferais bien mieux d investir dans mon voyage :-p C'est une perte, mais peut etre moins grande que ce que tu peux perdre en bourse...
Hi,
I hope you were very polite and said hello to all the whales you met...
Did you meet other Magellan penguins ? or was it a poor lonesome pernguin far away from the north pole ?
Best regards Jean-Yves
Oui oui mon frère c'est un bon investissement ! À quand le lien paypal pour dons en ligne sécurisés ? ^^
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