Dominica Whale Watching |
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Nothing lasts forever | ||||||||
Our guide says the whales usually stay on the surface for short stretches, only about 15 minutes. Then they vanish for up to 45 minutes as they dive thousands of feet in search of squid, their primary food.
An estimated one million sperm whales were killed before their hunting was banned. Today, somewhere between 20,000 to 100,000 remain, spread throughout almost every ocean of the world.
And then the whale gives us the universal whale sign of |
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