It seems that the biggest giant of all has paid a little visit to Les Escoumins! In fact, several local residents reportedly had the chance to admire a blue whale swimming near the coast in recent days. The rest of the week was rather quiet, with just a few seals spotted here and there resting on patches of ice.<\/p>\n
The animal was observed between the ferry terminal and the small islands known as \u00celets Bois\u00e9s. The animal even showed its tail when it dove, a behaviour exhibited by less than a quarter of all blue whales. Could it be one of the individuals seen in recent weeks near Godbout or Franquelin? It likely is, but it\u2019s impossible to say for sure, since photos would be needed to be able to identify the animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It seems that the biggest giant of all has paid a little visit to Les Escoumins! In fact, several local residents reportedly had the chance to admire a blue whale swimming near the coast in recent days. The rest of the week was rather quiet, with just a few seals spotted here and there resting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":65470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n