swap_horiz Spirtle Alternatives

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Opo

Opo was a unique bottlenose dolphin who lived in New Zealand’s Akaroa Harbour from the 1970s until his death in 2017. He...

New Zealand Historical Individual Bottlenose

9.6 Brilliant

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Fungie

Fungie was a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin observed in Dublin Bay, Ireland. He became notable for his consistent...

Ireland Individual Bottlenose Wild Solitary

9.3 Excellent

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Akeakamai

Akeakamai was a bottlenose dolphin studied at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii. Researchers documente...

Language Research Past Bottlenose

9.2 Excellent

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Kathy

Kathy was a bottlenose dolphin born in 1962 and held in captivity for decades. She gained widespread recognition as a te...

1960S Individual Captive Bottlenose

9.1 Excellent

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Ake

Ake was a bottlenose dolphin extensively researched at the Pacific Primate Research Center in Hawaii. Louis Herman’s wor...

Hawaii Individual Bottlenose Language Research

9.0 Excellent

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Moko

Moko was a male bottlenose dolphin in New Zealand, famed for guiding two stranded pygmy sperm whales from Mahia Beach to...

New Zealand Rescue Individual Bottlenose

8.4 Great

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Sunset Sam

Sunset Sam is a captive Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, originally rescued from the mid-1980s. He’s notable for his extende...

Rescue Past Cma Bottlenose

8.1 Great

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Nicholas

Nicholas is a bottlenose dolphin initially stranded off the coast of Scotland in 2002. He was rescued and brought to the...

Rescue Cma Bottlenose Predictor

8.0 Great

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Billie (Port Adelaide, Australia)

Billie is a bottlenose dolphin residing near Port Adelaide, Australia. She gained recognition for developing the remarka...

Australia Wild Individual Bottlenose

8.0 Great

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Hope (Clearwater Marine Aquarium)

Hope is a bottlenose dolphin residing at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida, notable for being rescued as an orph...

Rescue Individual Captive Bottlenose

7.6 Good

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Billie

Billie was an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in Australia's Port River who notably learned to tail-walk after being bri...

Australia Wild Individual Bottlenose

7.2 Good

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Wave (Port Adelaide, Australia)

Wave is a wild bottlenose dolphin in Port Adelaide, Australia, who became notable for adopting the tail-walking behavior...

Australia Wild Individual Bottlenose

7.2 Good

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Sandy

Sandy was a bottlenose dolphin studied by neuroscientist John C. Lilly in the 1950s as part of early experiments attempt...

Wild Individual Red Sea Bottlenose

7.0 Good

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Georges

Georges was a solitary bottlenose dolphin known for appearing in the United Kingdom during the early 2000s and exhibitin...

France Wild Individual Bottlenose

6.6 Fair

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Izzy

Izzy is a captive Atlantic bottlenose dolphin housed at an accredited United States aquarium, serving as an educational...

Rescue Current Cma Bottlenose

5.7 Mediocre

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Zafar

A wild solitary bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) who frequented Iran's Hormuz Strait and gained international att...

France Wild Bottlenose Solitary

5.1 Mediocre

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Dino

A named bottlenose dolphin bearing the Italian diminutive Dino, associated with Mediterranean marine research or Italian...

Texas Wild Bottlenose Tailless

4.8 Poor

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Marra

Marra is an individually cataloged wild dolphin, notable as a long-term subject tracked by marine biologists to study ce...

Wild Notable Bottlenose Solitary

4.8 Poor

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Randy

A named male bottlenose dolphin documented in a research or captive program; Randy appears as an individual name in Nort...

Europe Wild Bottlenose Solitary

4.7 Poor

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Beggar

Beggar was a Sarasota Bay bottlenose dolphin found dead in 2012, widely cited as a case showing the harm of feeding wild...

Wild Individual Bottlenose Sarasota Bay

4.4 Poor