Whale watching ballenas Puerto Piramides, Peninsula Valdes Argentina 2013
Sunset whale watching Peninsula Valdes Argentina. Amazing whale watch with close encounters and lots of breaches!
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Dos tesouros mais preciosos da Argentina, a fauna marinha é, sem dúvidas, o mais rico deles. Viajamos à região da Patagônia, mais especificamente a Puerto Madryn, para apresentar algumas das melhores atividades de Observação de Baleias, Leões Marinhos e outras espécies dessa diversa e impressionante fauna — que migram ao Sul da Argentina para ter suas crias em um lugar mais seguro. Fazer um Tour à Península Valdés com Observação de Baleias é uma experiência única que muda nossa forma de pensar sobre as espécies e sua preservação de uma forma interessante, diferente e divertida.
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One of the most precious treasures of Argentina is its marine fauna. We travelled to Puerto Madryn in Patagonia to explore Peninsula Valdes, go whale watching and see amazing wildlife such as sea lions. Book a Peninsula Valdes Tour with Whale Watching for a unique experience that will change the way you think about this species and its preservation.
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Killer Whales: Swimming with the Orcas while hunting Dolphins in Puerto Pirámides Argentina
Killer Whales: Swimming with the Orcas while hunting Dolphins in Puerto Pirámides Argentina
Southern Right Whale, Puerto Pirámides, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut Province, Argentina, South America
Puerto Pirámides is an Argentine town in Biedma Department, Province of Chubut. Its population as of the 2001 census was 429 inhabitants. It is the only town on the Valdes Peninsula. It began in 1898 when the inland salinas were exploited for salt. One of six nature reserves along Península Valdés, the Punta Pirámide reserve was established in 1974. The only town in Península Valdés, Puerto Pirámides became one of the premier whale watching destinations in the world; the municipality has six hotels, 15 lodges and two campgrounds. Originally inhabited by the Tehuelche people, attempts around 1800 to take control of the area on the part of Spanish and Criollo colonists resulted in a routing by the headstrong Tehuelches. In 1898, Buenos Aires developer Antonio Muno ventured into the exploitation of the area's considerable salt mines, for which he obtained permission to build a rail line and other facilities in 1900. Opting for the calm waters of the Golfo Nuevo, he christened the new settlement Puerto Pirámides for the numerous pyramid-shaped cliffs that overlook the inlet. The disruption of international trade during World War I, however, caused the temporary collapse of the salt market and the closure of the local salt mines. Following bankruptcy proceedings, Muno was forced to cede his share of the land to one of his partners, Alejandro Ferro, who kept the area as a semi-private haven until the Province of Chubut expropriated it in 1958. The inlet was the scene of an as-yet unexplained series of submarine incidents during 1958 to 1960, though afterward, the tiny hamlet drew little interest; tourists preferred nearby Golfo San Jorge, where whale watching was better. During a survey of the area in 1972, famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau observed that calving southern right whale mothers in a Golfo Nuevo location near Puerto Pirámides had little interest in raising offspring there, despite preferring to give birth at the site. When local entrepreneurs launched the first tourist expeditions later that year, however, calving whales began to stay year-round.
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I was never an animal person. Yet, ironically on my XXth birthday, I had to spend it with a bunch of whales.
One could hear the calling from the whales from the shore. Very distinctive howl that broke the silence.
Did I regret making a detour to see them? Absolutely no.
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We offer full service guided Family Friendly Fishing & Whale Watching tours year around in the third largest deep submarine canyon in the world. Our skippers are known for their ability to find Gray whales, Killer whales, dolphins, turtles, porpoises and more!
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Brinque e interaja com esta adorável espécie de golfinho preto e branco por toda a costa de Puerto Madryn com este Tour de Observação de Toninhas. Estes golfinhos só podem ser encontrados em dois lugares do mundo, esta é uma oportunidade única para quem ama os animais marinhos.
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Race with the playful black and white Commerson’s dolphins off the coast of Puerto Madryn with this Dolphin Watching Tour. These dolphins can only be found in two areas in the world, making this a unique opportunity for anyone who loves marine animals.
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Snorkeling with Dolphins, Whales and Sea Lions in Peninsula Valdes, Argentina
In our way to the sea lion colony we encountered a pod of very friendly dolphins and a Southern Right Whale with a Calf.
Whales and dolphins in Península Valdés
The main goal of this investigation is to know and describe the feeding behavior of whales and dolphins in Península Valdés. We are mainly interesting in their diving behavior, including the study of their prey.
Southern Right Whale, Puerto Pirámides, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut Province, Argentina, South America
The southern right whale is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Like other right whales, the southern right whale is readily distinguished from others by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching mouth that begins above the eye. Its skin is very dark grey or black, occasionally with some white patches on the belly. The right whale's callosities appear white due to large colonies of cyamids. It is almost indistinguishable from the closely related North Atlantic and the North Pacific right whales, displaying only minor skull differences. It may have fewer callosities on its head and more on its lower lips than the two northern species. Approximately 10,000 southern right whales are spread throughout the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere. The maximum size of an adult female is 15 m (49 ft) and can weigh up to 47 tonnes (46 long tons; 52 short tons). The testicles of right whales are likely to be the largest of any animal, each weighing around 500 kg (1,100 lb). This suggests that sperm competition is important in the mating process. Right whales cannot cross the warm equatorial waters to connect with the other (sub)species and (inter)breed: their thick layers of insulating blubber make it impossible for them to dissipate their internal body heat in tropical waters. The right whales were first classified in the Balaena genus in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, who at the time considered all of the right whales (including the bowhead) as a single species. Through the 1800s and 1900s, in fact, the Balaenidae family has been the subject of great taxonometric debate. Authorities have repeatedly recategorized the three populations of right whale plus the bowhead whale, as one, two, three or four species, either in a single genus or in two separate genera. In the early whaling days, they were all thought to be a single species, Balaena mysticetus. The southern right whale was initially described as Balaena australis by Desmoulins in 1822. Eventually, it was recognized that bowheads and right whales were in fact different, and John Edward Gray proposed the Eubalaena genus for the right whale in 1864. Later, morphological factors such as differences in the skull shape of northern and southern right whales indicated at least two species of right whale one in the Northern Hemisphere, the other in the Southern Ocean. As recently as 1998, Rice, in his comprehensive and otherwise authoritative classification, Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution, listed just two species: Balaena glacialis (all of the right whales) and Balaena mysticetus (the bowheads). In 2000, Rosenbaum et al. disagreed, based on data from their genetic study of DNA samples from each of the whale populations. Genetic evidence now clearly demonstrates that the northern and southern populations of right whale have not interbred for between 3 million and 12 million years, confirming the southern right whale as a distinct species. The northern Pacific and Atlantic populations are also distinct, with the North Pacific right whale being more closely related to the southern right whale than to the North Atlantic right whale. It is believed that the right whale populations first split because of the joining of North and South America. The rising temperatures at the equator then created a second split, into the northern and southern groups, preventing them from interbreeding. In 2002, the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) accepted Rosenbaum's findings, and recommended that the Eubalaena nomenclature be retained for this genus. The cladogram is a tool for visualizing and comparing the evolutionary relationships between taxa. The point where a node branches off is analogous to an evolutionary branching -- the diagram can be read left-to-right, much like a timeline. The following cladogram of the Balaenidae family serves to illustrate the current scientific consensus as to the relationships between the southern right whale and the other members of its family. One behavior unique to the southern right whale, known as sailing, is that of using their elevated flukes to catch the wind. It appears to be a form of play and is commonly seen off the coast of Argentina and South Africa. The southern right whale spends summer in the far Southern Ocean feeding, probably close to Antarctica. It migrates north in winter for breeding and can be seen by the coasts of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Namibia, Mozambique, Peru, Tristan de Cunha, Uruguay, Madagascar, New Zealand and South Africa. The total population is estimated to be around 10,000. Since hunting ceased, stocks are estimated to have grown by 7% a year. It appears that the South American, South African and Australasian groups intermix very little if at all, because maternal fidelity to feeding and calving habitats is very strong.
Dolphin Watching in Rawson Pt 1 (Puerto Madryn, Argentina)
Dolphin Watching in Rawson (Puerto Madryn, Argentina)
Argentina: Saving the Whales
Hunted nearly to extinction because they were the right whale to kill, the Southern Right Whale has found sanctuary in the waters just off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina. From June to December the whales make their way to these calm waters to breed and raise their young. The feature describes the size and recognizable characteristics of individual whales and the similarity of the fetus to land mammals. During this exciting whale watching expedition we took care to turn off the engines at critical moments and ensure we did not stress the whales. Valdes has created a permanent sanctuary for the whales and the peninsula is now recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. For more information see International Destinations category at ontopoftheworld.net
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Península Valdés - one of the best places for whale watching we know
The Península Valdés, Chubut, Argentinia, is regarded as one of the best places in the world for whale watching. Southern right whales can be observed with baby whales.
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Whale watching, Peninsula Valdes
Whale watching, Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia/Argentina
Whales of Argentina’s Peninsula Valdes
The Peninsula Valdes in Argentina is a spectacular seascape in the Southern Cone of South America. It’s also one of the region’s prime locations for whale watching.
This is the time of year where you may find thousands of Southern Right whales in the warm waters offshore giving birth and caring for their young.
But changing conditions are affecting the sea mammal’s livelihood and future.