It's 2019 and bottlenose dolphin #1022, born in Scottish waters in 2007, is suddenly spotted completely alone, hundreds of miles from his home before ending up in Denmark, some 500 miles (800 km) away across the North Sea.
  • @[email protected]
    8•23 days ago

    For starters, Delle has been vocalizing three unique signature whistles, which is weird. Researchers think that because Delle has been isolated without social interaction for so long, it’s affecting his behavior. He might be doing it to amuse himself or calling out the “names” of dolphins he once used to hang out with. It could just be a coping mechanism to get him through the day. The reasons are all speculative as this type of solo-act-dolphin phenomenon isn’t commonly observed.

    I love him

  • @[email protected]
    4•22 days ago

    Why do I feel the urge to cross post this to science_memes? It’s an interesting case study but it also invites the self-mocking self-identification the kids like so much these days.

    We are all lonely dolphins, working on our vocabularies, hoping to be heard someday.