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One of Irelands Greatest Celebs Fungie the Dophin is missing
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(CNN) — As the Irish government moves the country back into a strict, national lockdown for six weeks, an unlikely story continues to break through the endless Covid-19 headlines. Fungie, a bottlenose dolphin, is missing from the scenic County Kerry coast in Ireland's southwest, where he has lived at the entrance to Dingle's harbor since 1983. Over the past 37 years, the wild marine mammal has become an Irish celebrity thanks to his friendly nature and love of people, with visitors coming from far and wide to take a boat into the small port town's harbor for a closer look. But the Guinness World Records title-holder for the "longest recorded solitary dolphin" has not been seen since last Thursday when he swam alongside a fisherman's boat, locals who helped coordinate the search for him told CNN. Now they are are fearing the worst. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...cli/index.html :sad: |
However, Fungie is an estimated 40 years old, and Simon Berrow, chief science officer and acting CEO of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, said male bottlenose dolphins have a life expectancy of between 30 to 40 years. He added that Fungie's disappearance was to be expected.
"It was always going to be this way -- Fungie not showing up someday, rather than being found washed up dead in Dingle," Berrow told CNN. |
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Have they checked his house ? Maybe he's in lockdown.
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...further down in that Twitter feed from above, there was this...but I’m sure it’s meant in a very affectionate way, rather than a ‘troll’ thing...
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there is another one as well of a guy in a dolphin suit, with the caption starting a new job down in Dingle today :laugh: |
....yeah I could see it was affectionately said, which is why I felt okay to post it because there was nothing negative attached to any of its sentiments...
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The lovely thing about Fungie is he chose to interact with humans rather than being made to |
...I mean let’s be honest, we’d all swim away if we could to find somewhere COVID free...
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I know! Poor Fungie, he must have just died I suppose, he's was pushing on. The whole of Dingle will be out of business now though
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I hope he comes back but he is pretty old for a Dolphin |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54602337
Nice piece on him by the BBC and how he might have ended up staying in the harbour |
Deilfeanna, deartháir :smug:
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Our Fungie made the 6pm news last night, they showed footage of the lighthouse keeper who first spotted him and Fungie back in the 80s |
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