It is sometimes said that Tic Tac Toe, Capitaine Crochet or Ti-Croche are \u201cfaithful\u201d whales, but what does this really mean? And no, we are not talking about fidelity to a romantic partner here! Whales do not have regular breeding partners. Rather, this is a question of loyalty to a specific feeding ground such as the St. Lawrence Estuary. A few studies conducted on the River\u2019s fin whale population have been used to place individuals of this species into one of three categories: seasonal residents, regular visitors or occasional visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is sometimes said that Tic Tac Toe, Capitaine Crochet or Ti-Croche are \u201cfaithful\u201d whales, but what does this really mean? And no, we are not talking about fidelity to a romantic partner here! Whales do not have regular breeding partners. Rather, this is a question of loyalty to a specific feeding ground such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":52457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[536,433,403,59],"class_list":["post-54241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whale-qa","tag-comportement-en","tag-etat-de-sante-du-saint-laurent-en","tag-photo-identification-en","tag-rorqual-commun-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n