{"id":52605,"date":"2020-10-22T20:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T20:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/partiront-partiront-pas\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T13:50:41","slug":"to-go-or-not-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/to-go-or-not-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"To go, or not to go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Cap de Bon-D\u00e9sir in Les Bergeronnes, Renaud Pintiaux counts two humpbacks and eight fin whales through his binoculars on October 22. \u201cYou can see their spouts with your naked eye, but to really observe the whales well, it\u2019s better if you have binoculars,\u201d he comments. A Fisheries and Oceans Canada vessel is in proximity to the fin whales. Crew members on board are attempting to place a satellite transmitter on one individual to track the fall and winter movements of the population as a whole. They use an air gun to attach a transmitter to the animal\u2019s dorsal fin. Two titanium darts enter the cartilage and hold the tag in place until they are rejected by the animal\u2019s body. Four fin whales have already been fitted with a transmitter in the past few days off Cap de Bon-D\u00e9sir. Amongst them, <a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/observer\/qui\/portraits-de-baleines\/bp903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bp903 <\/a>and Bp955, a.k.a. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/observer\/qui\/portraits-de-baleines\/bp955-a-k-a-ti-croche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ti-Croche<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Cap de Bon-D\u00e9sir in Les Bergeronnes, Renaud Pintiaux counts two humpbacks and eight fin whales through his binoculars on October 22. \u201cYou can see their spouts with your naked eye, but to really observe the whales well, it\u2019s better if you have binoculars,\u201d he comments. 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