Hi All,

Here is an interesting article I found on the web, how the Mote’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program study a wild dolphin since 1971. Unfortunately this dolphin called “FBS”, died May 22 of this year.

The article starts with…

A female wild dolphin monitored for 38 years by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program based at Mote Marine Laboratory died May 22, leaving behind two documented generations of offspring to continue her legacy.  < Read More>

I found this article really interesting for the fact that they tracked this dolphin for 38 years and how  tough her life was out there in the open ocean in the later years of her life. But she did have a big family which was really nice.

There are some human similarities because FBS was so close to her dolphin pods during her early years and then alone at the end. Isn’t that how we treat our seniors too? Where many of our seniors are alone and without any family.

What do you think of this research? Was it worth the time and effort?
God Bless,
John

Hi All,

I read this online article about Tuxuxi Dolphins, from South America, have been spotted killing their young. I really have a hard time time to believe this report.

Here is the beginning of the BBC article.

It is the first record of these dolphins attempting infanticide. Although common in many mammal species, infanticide is rarely recorded among cetaceans, the group of animals that includes whales and dolphins. < Read More >

If you read the article, to me, it seemed this researcher, only spotted a isolated incident and there was no proof of the baby dolphin dying.  But what do you think? Do you think a dolphin pod could kill its young?
God Bless,
John

Hi All,

You might want to read this story from Forbes online magazine about this experiment of understanding dolphin sleeping patterns.  It is amazing that dolphins sleep with half of the brain and how they function out in the ocean.

The article has….

Researchers from the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in San Diego and Tel Aviv trained two dolphins to respond to a 1.5-second beep sounded randomly against background noise of half-second beeps every 30 seconds. The beeps were low in volume and barely noticeable as the dolphins swam through their enclosure, according to the study, published in the May 1 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology.  Read More >>> (You will see an ad first, so cancel the ad and read the article)

What do you think about this experiment?
God Bless,
John

Hi All,

I was sitting on the shore of Key Biscayne on a busy Saturday afternoon .  The waters were busy with people swimming, fishing, boating and kayaking.  So the last thing I would expect to see is a dolphin swimming around the shore line.  Well yes in deed, there was this dolphin fishing for mullets, a common fish, that were swimming around the bay.  It was really wild because where the dolphin was gobbling up his meal, a pelican was above the dolphin and diving down in the dolphins fishing territory.

I know this may sound as a fish story, but the dolphin jumped out of the bay’s waters to chase the pelican away.  The Pelican flew off for a little bit but came back. I grabbed my camera to catch this little interaction but not with much success.

Here a few photos from that day.

As you can see from the photos, the fisherman and the kayaker where in the same area.

Does anyone out there have a story about a wild dolphin sighting and what they experienced?
God Bless,
John