{"id":44268,"date":"2018-10-30T13:45:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleines.wpengine.com\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/"},"modified":"2019-09-22T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T20:13:48","slug":"un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/","title":{"rendered":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th<\/sup> as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve<\/em> for a whale-watching excursion.<\/p>\n

Shortly after we leave, we start seeing a few minke whales around the mouth of the Saguenay River and further off of Tadoussac. Along the way, we also cross paths with ten belugas and two fin whales that were not very active (resting, probably)\u2026<\/p>\n

Then I spot another blow in the distance. As I look through the binoculars, I first think I am observing two humpback whales in front of each other before I start focussing on the dorsal fin. It is then that I start to realize that I am in the presence of a sperm whale<\/a>!<\/p>\n

As we get closer, my doubts start to disappear: a powerful blow slanted to the left (a sperm whale\u2019s blowhole is positioned towards the left), characteristic dorsal fin, wrinkles on the skin of the back and the animal looking like it comes from an ancient time.<\/p>\n

We are now in front of the dunes of Tadoussac as we admire this impressive being.<\/p>\n

During our short encounter with this whale it did not bring its tail out of the water. It had long breathing sequences: between 10 and 15 blows, followed by 10-15 minutes of rather shallow dives.<\/p>\n

A sperm whale was also seen earlier this summer. Is this the same animal? We will find out after analyzing the photos of the dorsal fin.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, it is a very rare visitor in our area and one that left me with an unforgettable outing to the open sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we start seeing a few minke whales around the mouth of the Saguenay River and further off of Tadoussac. Along the way, we also cross paths with ten belugas and two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":41513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[476,504],"class_list":["post-44268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-notes","tag-sperm-whale","tag-whale-watching"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"503\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Renaud Pintiaux\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Renaud Pintiaux\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Renaud Pintiaux\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42e67685a689f102c12d8d80c6a5265d\"},\"headline\":\"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Sperm whale\",\"whale watching\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Field Notes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/\",\"name\":\"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":503},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"description\":\"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":88,\"caption\":\"Baleines en direct\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/baleinesendirect\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BaleineMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/BaleinesEnDirect\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42e67685a689f102c12d8d80c6a5265d\",\"name\":\"Renaud Pintiaux\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Renaud Pintiaux\"},\"description\":\"GREMM research assistant from 2003 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2014, Renaud Pintiaux is a passionate observer and photographer. Year round, whether from shore or on the water, he takes every opportunity to observe marine mammals and birds in the Saguenay\u2013St. Lawrence Marine Park.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/rpintiaux\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct","description":"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct","og_description":"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we","og_url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/","og_site_name":"Baleines en direct","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","article_published_time":"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":503,"url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Renaud Pintiaux","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_site":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Renaud Pintiaux","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/"},"author":{"name":"Renaud Pintiaux","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/42e67685a689f102c12d8d80c6a5265d"},"headline":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac","datePublished":"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/"},"wordCount":275,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg","keywords":["Sperm whale","whale watching"],"articleSection":["Field Notes"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/","name":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac - Baleines en direct","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-30T13:45:54+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-22T20:13:48+00:00","description":"Gloomy weather, but the river is calm on this October\u00a029th as I embark on the\u00a0Grand Fleuve for a whale-watching excursion. Shortly after we leave, we","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RPI_5652_Pm.jpg","width":800,"height":503},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/un-cachalot-devant-les-dunes-de-tadoussac\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A sperm whale in front of the dunes of Tadoussac"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","name":"Baleines en direct","description":"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization","name":"Baleines en direct","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","width":300,"height":88,"caption":"Baleines en direct"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","https:\/\/x.com\/BaleineMagazine","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BaleinesEnDirect"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/42e67685a689f102c12d8d80c6a5265d","name":"Renaud Pintiaux","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff99ce6157a798c6f5c26c660f40fda7e8093e32f4c30911a5f62cffdb298279?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Renaud Pintiaux"},"description":"GREMM research assistant from 2003 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2014, Renaud Pintiaux is a passionate observer and photographer. Year round, whether from shore or on the water, he takes every opportunity to observe marine mammals and birds in the Saguenay\u2013St. Lawrence Marine Park.","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/author\/rpintiaux\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}