Final yr, I shared a video with you guys of a bunch of sperm whales we got here throughout whereas crusing between Menorca and Barcelona. We have been fortunate, as a result of the whales got here extremely near our boat. The analysis affiliation Edmaktub, who I additionally briefly talked about again then, does whale watching on an entire different degree – with drones.

Drones have modified images and videography within the journey and nature house rather a lot over the previous couple of years, however I feel there are few areas the place they’ve had an affect as huge as within the remark of animals within the wild. Edmaktub are taking full benefit of what drones can do, and so they simply launched an unimaginable video that you must see: two fin whales feeding on the floor.

This was taken not removed from the place we noticed our group of whales, close to the Costa de Garraf (South of Barcelona). Folks preserve being actually stunned to listen to that there are whales right here within the space, however it’s really actually not unusual to identify whales throughout the season between February and June.

Snapshot of a whale fin (not of a fin whale – that is the place issues get complicated!) that I took final yr

Within the video, the 2 whales open their mouths to lure large plenty of water inside their our bodies, making them swell up two twice their regular physique measurement all the best way to their mid part. Fin whales are so referred to as “filter-feeders”, which suggests after closing their mouths they are going to filter out the meals, expelling the water by means of baleen plates which act like filter brushes that may lure meals inside their mouths whereas letting water out (sure, I wanted Wikipedia for that one). I discover these photographs spectacular. However the considered all of the plastic floating round in our oceans additionally scares me when excited about their future.

Okay, right here’s the fin whale video:

If you wish to discover out extra about whales, check out Edmaktub’s web site. By the best way, in addition they take analysis assistant volunteers on their whale watching journeys. It’s a non-touristy, non intrusive technique to observe these exceptional animals.

Or try my movies of whales from final yr’s crusing journey to Menorca in case you can’t make it to the Mediterranean proper now!

Credit score: Title picture and video by EDMAKTUB. The marginally wobbly photograph of a sperm whale fin was taken by me – I don’t have a drone – but!

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