{"id":57044,"date":"2022-02-10T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/petit-tour-du-monde-des-baleines\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:32:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:32:35","slug":"petit-tour-du-monde-des-baleines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/petit-tour-du-monde-des-baleines\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Glance at the World of Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So many pinnipeds in this chilly week of February! That\u2019s what several observers from the C\u00f4te-Nord region have been telling us, including mariner Jacques G\u00e9lineau. Jacques saw a group of a hundred or so harp seals feeding near the shores of <strong>Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan<\/strong>. And he\u2019s not the only one whose gaze has landed on a large gathering of seals. \u201cI stopped in <strong>Franquelin<\/strong> to take in the sunset and saw hundreds of seals at the bottom of the cliff. Wow!\u201d exclaims one local resident. Not far from there, in <strong>Gallix<\/strong>, another observer also had the chance to watch these marine mammals on the horizon. \u201cThere were at least thirty seals resting on blocks of frozen snow,\u201d she reports. Further west, at <strong>Cap de Bon-D\u00e9sir<\/strong> in <strong>Les Bergeronnes<\/strong>, the keen eye of photographer Renaud Pintiaux spotted a few harbour seals, grey seals, and a single harp seal.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of whales, however, it\u2019s been dead calm. The presence of a large expanse of ice on the shores of the St. Lawrence complicates the observation of cetaceans during this most inclement time of the year. So how about if we look beyond Quebec and see what\u2019s happening cetacean-wise elsewhere around the globe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many pinnipeds in this chilly week of February! 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