Vicenta

We only saw Vicente with his back injury at the beginning of the season and then mostly only from a distance. He seems to prefer to be far away from the boat. We will keep a special eye on him next year.

In November he was once with other Pilot Whales directly next to the sailing ship Chronos.

Mostly we saw Vincente at the beginning of the season, and then he was sighted from a sailboat in autumn. We will keep an eye on his behaviour.

Vicente still has his back injury. But it doesn't seem to be hindering him.

Vicente has become Vicenta! Last year she became a mother and travelled with a baby. Her injury healed well and didn't prevent her from becoming a mother.

We saw Vincenta rather rarely this season, on average once a month. She keeps away from the boats, probably because of the bad experience she had when her injuries occurred. An exception was July 27th, when she appeared in an active, almost high-spirited Pilot Whale family. The juveniles in the group floated, tailslapped, or were breaching.

We only saw Vicenta three times. She stays respectfully away from the boat and so we often don't recognise her with certainty. With her injuries she would actually be easy to identify, but she is rarely on the surface for long.

We have seen Vicenta 10 times this year. Her wound has healed very well and at the end of August she had fun surfing in the Hilero waves and at the big pilot whale meeting with over 100 animals.

This year, Vicenta was also present at a pilot whale meeting on the 21st of August. She seems to love swimming in large groups.

We saw Vicenta 10 times, spread over four months (May, June, July and September). On the 28th of July, we had the joy of discovering a newborn at her side, which was about a day old. At each following encounter, the baby delighted us.

We saw Vicenta really often this year, with 32 sightings. The encounters were spread evenly over all months of the season. We saw her with her young from the previous year on the 3rd of April.