Two volunteers with two wild dolphins
A few days ago we went to Tin Can Bay to feed the dolphins. I read that the whole dolphin feeding thing started when some fishermen caught a dolphin in a net and injured it. The community then nursed and fed it for three months until it got better. When they set it out into the wild again, it came back for more food. They kept feeding it and soon the dolphins were travelling to motor boats and getting fish.
At Tin Can Bay they charge $5 for a fish and all the money goes to researh on the dolphins. Two dolphins come to a small beach at . . .
At Tin Can Bay they charge $5 for a fish and all the money goes to researh on the dolphins. Two dolphins come to a small beach at . . .
around 8:00am. An average dolphin eats 20kg of fish a day so only 3kg can be fed to each dolphin so they still have to go and hunt for their own food. One of the dolphins that came had been in a fight a while ago and had healed. He had scratches all over his back and a piece of his tail had been ripped off by a shark.
You can see some of the scars on his back
Birch and I were the first to feed them. They were so gentle and knew the difference between fingers and the fish. After everyone was done there were still 3 fish left. Birch had been talking to a volunteer lady at the counter and she gave the 3 remaining fish to us. When Birch gave the dolphin the fish, the dolphin bumped him. Birch got touched by a dolphin!
Allie
Allie
Here I am feeding a fish to one of the dolphins
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