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Blue
rorqual Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale
The biggest of all the marine mammals , the blue whale or more familiarly "the blue" regularly frequents the estuary of the St Lawrence River. Each year it returns to pass 5 or 6 months in our waters to feed. Ste Anne de Portneuf is in the centre of its feeding area. Even though it may weights
more than 100,000 kg, the blue whale feeds on small crustaceans weighing
one or two grams. It needs more than 4000 kg per day. According
to the researchers and other whale watchers, this is one of the few places
in the world where one is able to see the blue whale in sheltered waters
so close to the shore and it stays sometimes to the end of December.
Depending on the year, we see from 40 to 100 blue whales in the St-Lawrence
estuary. You may also see fin whales, minky whales, humback whales, porpoises
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