Between the splashing waves, we spot a couple dark fins moving. We can definitely recognize the signs of a large mammal. But what exactly is it? A killer whale\u2026 or a minke?<\/p>\n
Sometimes it\u2019s hard to tell! When minke whales feed at the surface, the sharp tip of one of their tail lobes sometimes sticks out, which looks strikingly similar to the dorsal fin of a killer whale. Also, their manoeuvres sometimes expose a portion of their black back and white belly. It\u2019s not impossible to observe killer whales in these waters, though there have been no confirmed sightings in the St. Lawrence Estuary this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Between the splashing waves, we spot a couple dark fins moving. We can definitely recognize the signs of a large mammal. But what exactly is it? A killer whale\u2026 or a minke? Sometimes it\u2019s hard to tell! When minke whales feed at the surface, the sharp tip of one of their tail lobes sometimes sticks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":66282,"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-66300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n