3 PHOTOS ABOUT... Whales Megaptera !

Humpback whales are certainly the most impressive marine animals I have ever had the chance to swim with. I have seen it in Mayotte, Madagascar, Mohéli, Cape Verde and New Caledonia. Some adults I have met were about 15m in length. I let you imagine the apprehension it can cause. Their song can be heard several kilometers away. I happened to spend an hour of diving hearing the song of the whales and never seeing them. It's unforgettable. Their cries of alert is terrorizing him. Females can cry out if they do not agree that you get too close to their young. I made this mistake once, and I still remember it ...

Whales need 11 months of gestation, which explains the slowness of their procreation and the fragility of their species. They live most of the time around the poles and joining the warmer tropical zones to give birth to their young and reproduce. This trip can last almost 2 months. I am currently in Cape Verde where I have observed many individuals before the pandemic. The covid unfortunately interrupted my observations because circulation at sea is now prohibited. But I know they are still there, not far away ...!