This is
back in 1992 on the south-east shore
of Anticosti Island
at less than 2 km
from the Chicotte river mouth. The year
before, a blue whale known as Pita, the first blue whale to be formelly
identified as a whale coming back year after year in the St-Lawrence river to
feed in these rich waters, stranded itself on the beach. She was part of a blue whale group which were
individually identified because of their unique tail pigmentation that could be
observed during their dives. The blue
whales and the humpback whales are the only two cetaceans to raise their tails
out of the water as they dive. We came
back on the scene to see the skeleton state and with the hopes of bringing back
a giant vertebra in souvenir since the skull was way to big to bring back on my
back… Have a good day. Louis
