This year the season lasted from the 18th of June to the 31st of October 2021. Thanks to little wind, except for a 10-day Levante period in October, we were able to enjoy many sight-seeing trips.
On the 6th of August we had enough time to observe the female Orca Lucia and her two cubs: Lucia caught a tuna, which she passed on to her daughter Estrella, who is about 3 years old.
Some Orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar love sailing boats to bits. This is how you could describe their new behaviour since the end of the corona-related lockdown in Spain.
The interaction between these two whale species described here is not an isolated case. Although Orcas are the greatest natural threat to Sperm Whales (apart from humans of course), they have also been observed being chased by Pilot Whales.
Excursions and field biology trips are often the order of the day during a biology degree. I believe that it is the time away from the lecture hall that is most vividly remembered and often groundbreaking.
One of the Killer Whales seemed particularly curious, swimming under the boat, leaning a little to the side and looking us straight in the eye. This moment burned itself into my memory so strongly and it simply would not leave me.
