These are posts about individual dolphins living in our study area of Sarasota Bay, Florida.
Dolphin F158 Stats Name: F158 Sex: Male Born: 1985 A Dolphin's Life We’ve observed Grasshopper 93 times since 1989. He was the first observed calf of Pecan Sandie (the first Florida dolphin tagged with a satellite-linked transmitter in 1990). Pecan Sandie
Dolphin F222 Stats Name: F222 Sex: Male Born: 1999 A Dolphin's Life F222 is the second calf of Claire (also known as F131), the grand-calf of Genie (FB59) and great-grand-calf of Granny (FB19). (Learn more about this maternal lineage here.) We’ve
Dolphin F233 Stats Name: F233 Sex: Female Born: 2010 A Dolphin's Life We’ve observed F233 more than 330 times since her birth in May 2010. She gave birth to her own first calf in 2019. We had just one sighting of F233 and that
Dolphin F220 Stats Name: F220, also known as Stormy Sex: Male Born: 1999 A Dolphin's Life We've observed Stormy more than 600 times since his birth in 1999. He's the fourth calf of FB07, also known as Lightning. In our research, we’ve found that
Dolphin C250 Stats Name: C250 Sex: Male Born: 2016 A Dolphin's Life C250 is the 10th calf of FB25 and we’ve observed him more than 120 times since his birth in 2016. We usually see him between the north Siesta Key Bridge and Venice
Dolphin FB54 Stats Name: FB54 Sex: Female Born: 1971Presumed Dead: 2023 A Dolphin's Life FB54 was born in 1971. She has not been observed since November 2023 and is presumed dead. Until her death, she was the oldest-known Sarasota resident dolphin. FB54 was observed
Dolphin FB07 Stats Name: FB07, also known as Lightning Sex: Female Born: 1984 A Dolphin's Life Lightning got her nickname thanks to a bolt-shaped mark that she had on her dorsal fin when she was young. She's the daughter of Mama Mia (FB84). We've sighted
Dolphin F271 Stats Name: F271, also known as Babe Sex: Female Born: 1994 A Dolphin's Life Babe was the first calf born to dolphin FB99 and she's been observed more than 300 times since we first sighted her on July 14, 1994. We see
Dolphin FB55 Stats Name: FB55 Sex: Female Born: 1986 A Dolphin's Life Dolphin FB55 is part of a life-long and well-known female lineage in Sarasota Bay. She is the third calf of a dolphin known as FB05 (first identified in 1971, the year after
Dolphin F256 Stats Name: F256, also known as Jo Bob Sex: Male Born: 2007 A Dolphin's Life We know this dolphin’s lineage back through five generations — he is the second calf of Little Orphan’s Annie, grandcalf of Bobby Jo, great-grandcalf of FB37 and
