Rare Risso’s
Yesterday’s 2 hour snorkel trip brought our first Risso’s dolphins of the year! We had just brought our two lovely clients back on Free Spirit after their gorgeous seal encounter and were heading out from Towan beach when several fins popped up directly in front of us. The tall, thin fins of varying colour made them instantly identifiable as Risso’s. After they came up for a second time we realised there were 3 adult females with 3 little calves. We waited around the area they were hunting in and ended up having eight different interactions with this lovely little pod before they eventually dived for a last time and didn’t surface for the 25 minutes we waited before heading back! It never fails to amaze me how long some of our marine mammals can hold their breath and it’s remarkable that the little calves can hold their breath just as long as their experiences mothers when diving down to great depths to hunt cuttlefish.
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All photos by Em Forster
