Whales

Whales can be seen even from Edinbourgh if they swim close to the land, mostly in the winter, between May to Decembre (depends on the species).In the summer whales migrate to the North. Sometimes, dead whales can be found on the shore - last time on January 2012. However, the best opportunity to see those mammals is to take a boat trip. It is simmilar how it works in Azores, with the exept for Tristan da Cunha is not very touristic place. Therefore the trips are not popular. To show you how it looks in Azores we upload the video from AzoresTODAY about it. Nilton took part in creating this:

 

 Whales Watching in Azores

Since 1937 whales are protected and it is prohibited to hunt them. Unfortunatelly, their population is still decreasing. Due to their size and weight they don't have many of natural enemies, generally just the killer whale. And human. Nowadays by polluting the ocean. What is interesting, iron from whales' feaces is about 10% of all iron in the South Ocean. Thanks to iron water is rich in phytoplancton, which absorb carbon dioxide. Whales are good! Don't distroy thier environment.