Whales wash out at Skedelkus Nadia Meding Recently three whales washed out in the Skedelkus Park area of which two whales are humpback whales and the other a long-finned pilot whale. Residents claim that this was a rare sight. According to the Namibian Dolphin Project (NDP), humpback whales migrate past the Namibian coast seasonally between their feeding grounds in the Antarctic on their way to their equatorial breeding grounds. The NDP also stated that migration periods are unknown, as well as the main migration stream as man-made noise from ships and so on tend to chase the creatures away, making observation to analyse their behaviour problematic. The long-finned pilot whale is believed to actually be a dolphin which forms part of two subspecies, of which the other is a short-finned pilot whale. These whales tend to socialise often with both bottlenose and Risso dolphins, and tend to get stranded in bunches as groups of family follow each other instinctively to protect one another. LEVIATHAN: The two humpback whales were found between Huarusibmond and Rocky Point, while the long-finned pilot whale was found south of Vals Kaap Fria. Photo: Johan van Rooyen
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:12:40 +0000
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