While large whales are still mostly absent in the St. Lawrence, minke whales are taking the opportunity to steel the spotlight. They\u2019re everywhere this week, and observers are astounded by their range of behaviours.<\/p>\n
On May 16, from aboard the cargo ship Bella Desgagn\u00e9s<\/em>\u00a0, which provides supplies to the isolated communities of the Lower North Shore and Anticosti Island<\/strong>, a crew member spots a minke whale surface feeding in Havre-Saint-Pierre\u2019s<\/strong> eastern entry channel. The next day, another minke whale approaches the vessel between Sept-\u00celes<\/strong> and Anticosti Island<\/strong>. \u201cIt was porpoising in the wake of the ship,\u201d reports the observer. What\u2019s called \u201cporpoising\u201d is a swimming technique where the animal skims the surface; it is generally observed in harbour porpoises, hence the name.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While large whales are still mostly absent in the St. Lawrence, minke whales are taking the opportunity to steel the spotlight. They\u2019re everywhere this week, and observers are astounded by their range of behaviours. On May 16, from aboard the cargo ship Bella Desgagn\u00e9s\u00a0, which provides supplies to the isolated communities of the Lower North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":45609,"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-53655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n