The Fin Whale (Finback Whale) is the second largest whale species. This is a baleen whale. We enountered a loosely scattered group of them whle we were cruising in the central part of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). They seemed in a relaxed mood, not doing anything they regarded as particularly urgent.
Fin Whale blowing
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