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Chacha



Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

Name : Chacha

  • ID Code 78
  • First sighting date 08 March 2013
  • Gender Male
  • Age class - Adult
  • Age – Over 25 years

Chacha as the name suggests, “the strong one” has a very distinctive damaged dorsal. Legend has it that in the 1990’s he was speared by a fisherman who wanted him for shark bait, but he managed to escape and survive. We have been closely monitoring Chacha to identifify whether the legend was true or whether the fin disfigurement was the result of a boat propeller. .


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