It
could almost be saying "I'm behind you", but humpback whales aren't
known for pranking boatloads of whale watchers.
The
mammals have been creating a stir off Baltimore in west Cork in the Irish
Republic for the last two weeks as they feed on shoals of sprat and herring.
There
are five animals in the humpback group and they have been getting a lot of
attention, with reports in Ireland's national newspapers and segments on the
state broadcaster RTE.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group have
been monitoring the group and believe that four of them have visited the same
waters off west Cork in the past, some as recently as 2008.
"It
is known from the western Atlantic that humpback whales form stable social
associations with other whales on the feeding grounds, so this is not just a
coincidence," the IWDG website said.
People
have been getting up close to the denizens of the deep, which were once hunted
to the brink of extinction, on boat trips from local harbours.
Simon
Duggan is a local photographer and went out with friends to see what they could
capture.
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