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Calayan Group of Islands well known as Babuyan Group of Islands a perfect definition of what we called paradise....
The Philippines Islands are comprised of more than 7,100 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. This diverse archipelago host a spectacular amount of marine and terrestrial biodiversity that is of great interest to the tourism industry. The popularity of the Philippines as vacation destination has spurred efforts to develop ecotourism across the archipelago. However, promoting the twinned goals of coastal and marine biodiversity conservation and sustainable development present serious challenges for the country.
There are 14 species of cetaceans that visit the islands. They included spotted dolphin, spinner dolphins, rough tooth dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, fraser's dolphin, melon headed whales, pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, dwarf sperm whales, and the humpback whale ( the most common)
Some of the activities of the humpback whales that made Babuyan Islands, great place for adventure seeker.
SPOUTING - BREATHING
Humpback whales breathe air at the surface of the water through 2 blowholes located near the top of the head. They spout (breathe) about 1-2 times per minute at rest, and 4-8 times per minutes after a deep dive. Their blow is a double stream of spray that rises 10-13 feet (3.1-4 m) above the surface of the water.
Humpbacks are very acrobatic, often breaching high out of the water and then slapping the water as they come back down. Sometimes they twirl around while breaching. Breaching may be purely for play or may be used to loosen skin parasites or have some social meaning.
Spyhopping is another humpback activity in which the whale pokes its head out of the water for up to 30 seconds to take a look around.
Humpbacks also stick their tail out of the water into the air, swing it around, and then slap it on the water's surface; this is called lobtailing. It makes a very loud sound. The meaning or purpose of lobtailing is unknown, but may be done as a warning to the rest of the pod. Humpbacks lobtail more when the seas are rough and stormy. Slapping a fin against the surface of the water is another unexplained humpback activity.
Humpback whales are the noisiest and most imaginative whales when it comes to songs. They have long, varied, complex, eerie, and beautiful songs that include recognizable sequences of squeaks, grunts, and other sounds. The songs have the largest range of frequencies used by whales, ranging from 20-9,000 Hertz. Only males have been recorded singing. They sing the complex songs only in warm waters, perhaps used for mating purposes. In cold waters, they make rougher sounds, scrapes and groans, perhaps used for locating large masses of krill (the tiny crustaceans that they eat).
Humpback whales have a life expectancy of 45-50 years.
POPULATION COUNT
It is estimated that there are over 10,000-15,000 humpback whales world-wide. Humpback whales are an endangered species.
Research
Every summer the Balyena at Lumba sa Pilipinas (Balyena.Org) are inviting volunteers to be a part of cetacean research team and experience to see dolphins and whales in the wild.
The Calayan Group of Islands
The group of island are composed of four islands, namely: Calayan Island, Camiguin Island, Dalupiri Island, and Babuyan Claro, but it cuddles varied eco-tourism activities, thousand of unexplored wildlife and vast natural forest.
* Calayan Island - A Paradise
http://albertcalayanisland.blogspot.com/
* Calayan Island Adventure
http://albertcalayanadventure.blogspot.com/
How to get there:
Source of photo's and information:
*EnchantedLearning.com;
*isla.org.ph;
*flickr;
*balyena.org;
*Wikipedia.
*WWF-Philippines
*whoa.org.com
