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A Dolphin named Sparks: Why that name?

Mar 16, 2011 No comments By Blair Irvine

 

Sparks was a young male, first captured and released in 1975. He was the first dolphin in Sarasota Bay to be successfully radio tagged. He was named Sparks, because of the nickname given to Navy radio operators.  He was distinctive because he only had half a tail fluke when tagged in April 1975.

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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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