The humpback whale again caught his acrobatics at Cabo San Lucas Bay

Humpback whale visit one more season Cabo San Lucas Bay, in northeastern Mexico, in the state of Baja California, where it delights residents and tourists with its majestic acrobatics.

The protected natural area of ​​Cabo San Lucas Bay in the municipality of Los Cabos, in the state of Baja California Sur, is one of the most important humpback whale sanctuaries in Mexico.

The other points on which, during the observation season – from around December to April – you can see humpback whales are: the Revillagigedo Islands and in Banderas Bayin the western state of Nayarit

The Deputy Director of the Cabo San Lucas Flora and Fauna Protection Area, María Jossué Navarro Sánchezinsured Efe all whale populations cross Cabo San Lucas Bay because it is a "strategic migration point".

The last few years, cetacean sighting has become an important tourism engine in the municipality.

Unlike the gray whale, which is docile and silent, humpback whales tend to make big movements and somersaults as they rise to the surface to catch air or feed.

Thus, despite their monumental size, these mammals have the ability to make turns and twirls by leaving several meters of water, amaze visitors of this spectacle of nature.

The acrobatics continue to surprise those who have been studying these animals for years.

"Although the particular way of hunting their food is known, they use the bubbles to disconcert their prey, again The reason for juggling is not known with certainty"he claimed Efe Navarro Sánchez.

The environmental authorities consider this 2018-2019 period as an atypical season with regard to the number and time of arrival of the cetacean, as The arrival was several weeks ahead.

Agree with the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), the season officially begins on December 15th and ends on April 15th of each year.

But this time, they started to make a presence in the bay of mid November and with appearances of up to "six copies together," said the deputy director.

When there is about a month left of the season, tourist service provider Miguel Valadez commented Efe that this is very economically positive for the sector.

"People from all over the world come to port every day: Europe, Asia, United States and even Africa. Not to mention the Mexican visitor. All are an important contribution to the local economy, said the tourism promoter.

To date, you can observe up to eight animals One day, what are the positive numbers considering that the mammal crosses the bay on its migratory journey of thousands of kilometers.

The humpback whale is the cetacean with the longest front fins of the world.

Adults can reach up to eighteen meters longfemales are larger than males and can weigh twenty-five to forty tons.

Newly born, humpback whales are about four and a half meters long and weigh one ton.

It is estimated that they are More than 2000 humpback whales they abandon the glacial habitat of Antarctica to travel more than 16,000 kilometers in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, skirting the silhouette of South America through Peru and Colombia , pbading through Costa Rica and Mexico.

Many of them stay in the sea of ​​Ecuador, off the coast the province of Manabí, where they find the right conditions to eat, get married and give birth.