This doesn't happen very often, Adriatic sea in not natural habitat of large whales. Our sea is rich with fish and food, especially Croatian part, but it's still too shallow and dangerous for large animals because of many rocks and small islands and it is tourist season so we have many ships, yachts and boats on the surface.
However, the two of those were seen yesterday near the island of Lošinj, not more than 120 kilometers from my home.
They are called fin whales, finback whale, razorback whale and they are second biggest animals on the Earth, after blue whale. They usually live in Atlantic ocean but it can be found in all seas and oceans. They can grow up to 27 meters, but these two were around 18 meters and they are look like they are in very good shape. They are endangered species and the biggest cause of their extinction are collisions with ships. One of these two was noticed with a scar on his backs that was caused by interaction with a large, fast moving ship. But it seems that the animal recovered.
I think that they came in best place to be, people here are not whale hunters and they will not disturb them.
This is the first time since I am on Steemit that whales came to Adriatic sea.
#whysoserious The one that come close to this post #whalepower 😂
Lol ;)
Whales are such magnificent creatures. It is a pity that the human race does not have a healthier respect for them. In fact - the same could be said about great white sharks!
We have plenty of sharks here in Cape Town.
Take a look at our beautiful ocean.... very grand indeed!!
https://steemit.com/travel/@jaynie/welcome-to-my-world-chapmans-peak-cape-town-south-africa
Such awesome creatures - I had the luck to see some in Carmel by the Sea/California a few years ago!
However if they come to Croatia its even better - Watching whales from Dubrovniks city walls - what an amazing phantasy :)
Not exactly Dubrovnik, but some 500 kilometers north, thanks
Prollly gonna wanna leave em be...
Of course...
Just my luck - I went on holiday on the other side of the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. The water was full of small minnows, just like me!
And now you'll have to watch out for the whales
Nice and warm? Yay... there's where I'll like to be too:-)
ovo mi je nekako promaklo, al bas i ne pratim nase vijesti :)
Great post, thanks for sharing!