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Two observers, one in Les Escoumins<\/strong> (north shore), the other in Baie-des-Sables<\/strong> (south shore), asked the following question this week: \u201cIs it possible that I might have seen long-finned pilot whales?\u201d The sighting of marine mammals with black backs \u2013 in one case a group of about fifty animals, in the other case a lone individual \u2013 led them to consult their field guides. But without a photo or video, it\u2019s impossible to confirm what they observed.<\/p>\n

Long-finned pilot whales are regular seasonal visitors to the Gulf, but it is quite rare to observe them in the Estuary. They are recognized by their large dorsal fin positioned close to the blowhole, their black back with a white spot behind the dorsal fin and their 4-to-5-metre long body, making them slightly larger than a beluga. They generally live in a family groups comprising 10 to 20 individuals and can sometimes gather in herds numbering in the hundreds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two observers, one in Les Escoumins (north shore), the other in Baie-des-Sables (south shore), asked the following question this week: \u201cIs it possible that I might have seen long-finned pilot whales?\u201d The sighting of marine mammals with black backs \u2013 in one case a group of about fifty animals, in the other case a lone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPilot Whales? - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two observers, one in Les Escoumins (north shore), the other in Baie-des-Sables (south shore), asked the following question this week: \u201cIs it possible\" \/>\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\/pilot-whales-sighted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pilot Whales? 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