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Tuesday 2 April 2024

False Killer Whales



These giants came to visit yesterday. They appeared in our wake and then settled in for 10 minutes on our stern quarter. They were almost touching the hull.We saw these 5 metre long giants leaping clean out of the water. That behaviour, and the scars on their backs, confirmed that these were false killer whales which are actually a species of dolphin that frequent deep oceanic tropical waters.