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214 JUAN FRANCISCO BLANCO “What type?” Tital asked. “I don’t know, but it’s a huge one, with a calf running beside her. They are crossing our path, but we should miss them!” Jonathan yelled. “Just to be safe, Ronú, help me lower the sail for a few minutes. Viviana, see if you can use your camera, and get a picture of her when she breaks the surface,” Tital said. Viviana got her camera ready, and went up to the bow, making ready for the instant the whale broke the surface. In only a few minutes of patient waiting, the cow whale and her calf broke the surface in a spectacular display of spraying water, as she blew into the air while passing close to the side of the waiting photographer on the leading sailboat.