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Swimming with Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis [Video]

The Quest: Swimming with 10 Species of Dolphins and Whales in 100 days, continues... Here is the video for Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis on July 13, 2010 offshore Madeira.

Quest: Swimming with 10 Species of Dolphins and Whales in 100 days.

Every year we love to created new Quests for Wind Birds, this keep us entertained and moving forward our Business. Pushing the boundaries of ecotourism and making us prepared to the daily challenges.

For the 2010 Summer the Quest is related to Oceanodroma navigational range and stealth water approach, plus lots of fun. To swim with 10 species of marine mammals in 100 days off Madeira, starting Thursday, July 1 and finishing Saturday, October 9.

Below is the list of possible marine mammals and strike through the ones already succeed:

Atlantic Spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis (July 4;July 13) 
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (July 1)
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (July 4)
Rough Toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis (August 18)
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni (August 27)
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (August 27)
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis (September 5) 

Short-finned Pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus ø
Blainville's Beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Cuvier's Beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
False Killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalu
Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Killer whale Orcinus orca*
Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus†*
North Atlantic Right whale Eubalaena glacialis
Northen Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Pygmy Sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
 Sowerby's Beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

* We will avoid swimming with these :)
† The exception to the list :S
ø Opted not to swim based no intrusion policy, will retry in later date.

 

To make this fair and square we will not swim more than twice with each species and only if necessary. If you wish to join, just contact us.