Dientes

Dientes is a big animal that recently has often been near our boat and was also present on our last trip on Monday November 03rd from 13 to 15 o'clock.

We saw Dientes without exception, together with Fernando. Dientes is somewhat smaller, and since we have never seen him with a baby, we assume he is a male. The future will show whether we are right ...

We have seen Dientes throughout the whole season, together with Fernando and a third Pilot Whale. The three seemed inseparable. We saw them over 50 times in a team of three. From time to time they also joined larger groups, for example to celebrate the birth of a young Pilot Whale on July 18th in a group of 20 Pilot Whales.

On the 14th of April, we once again saw the trio that we know well from the last few years: Fernando, Dientes and now the third one also got a name, which is Lupin. We saw Fernando and Dientes the most. We met them 59 times. These two always dive for a remarkably long time and we often drive away to leave them undisturbed.

In this short season, which only lasted around two months, we were able to observe the duo of Dientes and Fernando together 13 times. Most of the time they were travelling in small groups of 3-5 animals, but often it was only the two of them. At the end of August, they took part in a large pilot whale gathering of around 110 animals in total (including 10 calves).

Dientes has only been seen three times this season. The first time we saw him was on the 4th of August when he and other pilot whales swam nervously and restlessly around a sperm whale and annoyed him. About two weeks later he was present at a large pilot whale gathering.

This year we saw Dientes much more often than in 2022, in fact 33 times. He was always travelling with Fernando, usually in groups of 3-4 animals. We saw him regularly throughout the season, but especially in August and September. He usually keeps his distance, only once did he come very close to the boat.

In 2023, we didn't see Dientes as often as in the previous year. We were able to encounter him 14 times. The first time was on the 19th of June. We saw him the most in July (4 times) and September (6 times). As in previous years, he was always travelling with Fernando. Most of the time there were only the two of them. Twice they were with another pilot whale and on two occasions they were four or five.