On the same day that I observed the mysterious murky water, and Nemo's odd curving behavior, this happened.
Nemo first resumed the odd curving behavior- I would almost compare it to "twirling" in dogs (chasing their tails)
More twirling.
And one last twirl.
And now the other odd behavior begins
Nemo begins to lie dormant near the center of the pool. The following observations are startlingly similar to the behavior I witnessed near the left edge of the pool. This leads me to dismiss my previous hypothesis of a trainer causing the behavior: as with this exhibition of the oddity, I can clearly see that no trainer is present.
Like before, Nemo starts to lower his tail, whilst keeping the upper part of his body parallel to the water.
I've never seen Wake swim like he is now: there is an obvious curvature to his back, altering his entire form.
Tail continues to drift downwards.
Even more extreme drooping of the tail- Nemo must be exerting himself in order to keep his upper body in the same position without pooling his entire body downwards.
Nemo starts to move his tail back from the perpendicular position.
Almost completely back to 'normal'.
Interesting picture of Wake diving down- was swimming at a speed considerably faster than usual.
Nemo begins to lower his tail again- I still haven't the foggiest why this may be.
Wake can be seen completing his dive, using his powerful tail to propel himself forwards.
Nemo now decides to curve his tail...
Slowly brings it back to a parallel position.
Almost back to 'normal'.
Good picture of Wake's face :)
Just when I thought Nemo was done with his odd behavior he repeats it again- much quicker than before.
Almost looks like he's slipping in: but he's still suspended.
?
Well ummm- he is exhibiting typical behavior... I have no idea.
I will try to find data (if it exists) about such behavior in other belugas.
Returning to normal.
And here we go again.
Not as extreme as the second time he did it.
And one more time.
After disappearing for a few minutes, he returns. And what does he do?
Repeat.
And again
Finally. He now exhibits a beautiful dive, you can really see how they use the inertia created by diving to move themselves forward at greater speeds.
Wake continues to hang motionlessly in the far left of the pool.
Nemo now pushes himself closer to the surface, to get a breath of air.
And dives back into the depths. You can see the muscles in Nemo's tail, these animals' tails are truly powerful (as in all species of whale).
Now it's Wake's turn to exhibit confounding behavior.
Wake, too, now spends a considerable amount of time with his head above the surface. However, he appears to be squirming a little, so I wonder if he's being fed...
Hello Nemo.
Notice the ridges slightly behind his right flipper.
Their tail shape looks almost exactly the same as a dolphin- I now notice.
And back to the center. The behaviors that I've observed in the last few posts, make me optimistic about Nemo's previous circuit swimming- at least I can see that he does stray away from it.
Getting a breathe.
Clear image of how Nemo dives.
Nemo continues swimming to the left of the camera.
And now he's back to say hello.
Now Nemo is upside down and curving his head downwards... As I said: the inexplicities continue.
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