NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES IN OUR BAY
The first week of August has been just as amazing as the rest of the season so far. Today Húsavík is enjoying 20°c, sunshine and a bay full of whales. Not only dozens of humpbacks and several pods of white-beaked dolphins but also five northern bottlenose whales have made their way into our bay. They were seen on the both 12:00 regular whale watching and the 12:30 Big Whale Safari.
Northern bottlenose whales are nearly as big as minkes but belong to the suborder of cetaceans called toothed whales. At the same time they are divided into the superfamily beaked whales. Unique for them is that most species only have one pair of teeth at the front of the lower jaw. They are only developed by males while the females' remain hidden in the gum tissues.
We have had northern bottlenose whales in our bay before, but they are not common. Lucky passengers on our boats this afternoon!
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Below you see the northern bottlenose whale.
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