Marine giants: A whale watching-boat navigates near a southern right whale and her white calf off Patagonia in Argentina. As ocean temperatures rise, whales are migrating earlier and travelling farther. Photos: AFP
The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate towards their breeding grounds is one of nature’s most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their food and changing their age-old migratory routes.
To the tourists watching a humpback whale frolic with her newborn calf in the tropical waters off Ecuador’s coast near Puerto Lopez, the sight of enormous fins surfacing, tails flipping and blowholes spouting is breathtaking. The same scenes can be found up and down the South American coast, from Puerto Piramides in Argentina to Cabo Blanco in Peru and Bahia Malaga in Colombia.
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