Looking for a Whale of a Surprise:The Pacific Sperm Whale π Project
In early July, Taiwan’s online whale-watching community was issuing surprise updates about whale sightings every few days. The highly prized killer whale, not seen for three years, had appeared in the waters off Eastern Taiwan. Sightings of sperm whales quickly became a daily occurrence, with sperm whale calves actively approaching boats. Even a rare tropical bottlenose whale showed up. Was all this a response to summer festivities in Taiwan?