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Colt Watch Colt close to the boat and hear him sing! This segment is included in Awesome Whales For Kids Colt may be the most social whale in the Gulf of Maine. He seems to be fascinated with boats and the people on them. We often wonder who is watching who when Colt spies a boat. His routine is something like this: Colt can hear a boat before it sees him. He might begin flippering or lobtailing. Now the people on the boat can see white splashes out in the distance. As the boat gets closer to Colt and slows down, he dives under the water and is out of sight for a minute. If you are looking down into the water next to the boat, you may see a greenish-colored shape moving slowly and you are thinking that perhaps it was just a shadow. You are startled by a loud "Phooohl" on the other side of the boat. You hurry over (no running on the boat) and there is Colt, just a few inches away! He swam under the boat! One of his favorite things to do is to turn over belly-up and put his head under the boat. Why he does this, no one knows. He also sticks his head out of the water. This is called spyhopping.
When Colt is with other whales, he wants to be the closest to the boat. I have seen him squeeze between the boat and other humpbacks on several occasions. One time I saw another whale push Colt! Colt's History
How can I see more of Colt? Colt on DVD ($18.99) Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names The story of Colt is five minutes in length. It shows you every behavior that has made Colt a favorite of whale watchers of every age. You will see Colt under the boat with his head on one side and his tail on the other side. You will hear Colt "trumpeting" which is a loud noise made through his blowholes when excited. Colt is also seen in one of the most fascinating meetings of whale and man. Colt, Stub, Icarus and a fourth whale approached the boat one day and began to spyhop, circle the boat and see how close they could get without touching the boat. All of a sudden, they began singing or vocalizing right by the boat! You will see the whales and hear their song. Fourteen other whale families round out this hour long program.
Colt on VHS (Each title just $12.95) Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names (Same program as on the DVD above) Your Favorite Whale: Colt ($12.95) 23 minutes of excellent footage of Colt under and around the boat. You see his big floppy dorsal fin that makes it very easy to identify Colt when he is close to other whales. He is seen directly under passengers at the rails, his belly pleats above water and distinctive tail pattern visible. In one segment, Colt pushes another humpback away from the boat and is also seen with a frequent friend, Bandit. Colt is also on several of our tapes in the eleven volume series "Wonderful Whales" Wonderful Whales Volume 5, 6, 7 and 10. (All Volumes $12.95 each, Volume 1 Special $10.00) Volume 5 (Colt swims under the bow of the boat, comes up on other side and spyhops) Volume 6 (Colt comes up to the boat with two friends and stays close) Volume 7 (This includes the exciting six minute event where Colt, Stub and Icarus sing beside the boat. Another segment shows a humpback lifting his head out of the water and putting it on Colt's back. Colt makes a loud angry noise) Volume 10 (Colt is feeding on this tape and he is so close his head fills the screen)
A Real Whale Watch Trip-July 31, 1996 ($12.95) At 5 PM we left the pier for a fabulous sunset cruise and 40 minutes later sailed into the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. We were delighted when we spied Colt because he is always a great humpback whale and usually very active. He didn't disappoint us when he began breaching and then started flippering on his back. During his close boat approach he made a very loud trumpet. The full close boat approach appears on Wonderful Whales Volume 7. Back to the whales on Salt & Friends Back to the adoption whales WDCS NA Back to the adoption whales WCNE
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