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A Dolphin named Pecan Sandy: Why that name?

Mar 16, 2011 No comments By Blair Irvine

 

Pecan Sandy was the name given to a dolphin because the capture crew only had Pecan Sandie cookies on hand for snacks. Pecan Sandy was our first dolphin to carry a satellite-linked transmitter. She spends her summers in the northern part of the Sarasota community range, and winters in southern Tampa Bay.

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Blair Irvine

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I manage the SDRP website, serve as President of the Dolphin Biology Research Institute, and otherwise volunteer as needed. I started the SDRP in 1970 with then High School student Randy Wells, and I led the research through the 70’s. Randy took over in the early 80s when I changed careers. Since then, my non-dolphin interests mostly have been in the area of human behavioral health. With NIH support, much of my research has involved Internet interventions and training programs. My graduate degrees are in Zoology (MS), Exercise Physiology (MAPE), and Health Education (PhD).
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