Meet the Dolphins

These are posts about individual dolphins living in our study area of Sarasota Bay, Florida.

F286

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Dolphin F286 Stats Name: F286 Sex: Male Born: 2012 A Dolphin's Life F286 has been observed more than 200 times since his birth in June 2012. With the exception of December 2016, he has been seen in every month of every year, highlighting the year-round,

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FB11

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Dolphin FB11 Stats Name: FB11, also known as Merrily Sex: Female Born: 1984 A Dolphin's Life Merrily is one of our most recognizable and most frequently observed dolphins in Sarasota Bay — she’s been observed by our research teams more than 1,400 times and

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F211

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Dolphin F211 Stats Name: F211, also known as Ginger Sex: Female Born: 2005 A Dolphin's Life We've sighted Ginger more than 550 times since her birth in 2005. She is the first calf of F127 (Edamommy), who had only one other calf, F264, aka

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F109

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Dolphin F109 Stats Name: F109, also known as Scooter Sex: FemaleBorn: 1995 A Dolphin's Life Scooter has been observed more than 948 times since her birth in 1995. She is the second calf of Vespa (FB79). Scooter has given birth to five calves during

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F159

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Dolphin F159 Stats Name: F159, also known as Aya Sex: Female Born: 1996 A Dolphin's Life Aya is a fourth generation Sarasota Bay dolphin. Her lineage is a sixth-generation maternal lineage that we know from our population studies. Granny (FB19) is the oldest dolphin

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FB15

2025-08-01T14:21:53+00:00

Dolphin FB15 Stats Name: FB15, also known as Nicklo Sex: Female Born: 1950Presumed Dead: 2017 A Dolphin's Life At the time of her death in 2017, Nicklo was 67 — making her the oldest documented wild dolphin in the world. During the existence of

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F188

2025-08-01T14:16:18+00:00

Dolphin F188 Stats Name: F188, also known as Noah Sex: Male Born: 1996 A Dolphin's Life F188, also known as Noah, was born in May 1996 and is the fourth calf of another dolphin named Saida Beth. He’s been spotted in the wild during

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FB25

2025-08-01T14:16:32+00:00

Dolphin FB25 Stats Name: FB25 Sex: Female Born: 1978 A Dolphin's Life Sarasota area boaters may recognize FB25 because of her very distinctive dorsal fin with a series of notches toward its tip. She frequents the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) east of Siesta and Casey

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FB2

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Dolphin FB2 Stats Name: FB2 Sex: Male Born: 1991 A Dolphin's Life Interestingly, FB2 was still a young dolphin hanging out with his mom during a health assessment many years ago when we noted during an ultrasound that his mother Genie was pregnant with

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F178

2025-08-01T14:17:02+00:00

Dolphin F178 Stats Name: F178, also known as Pi Sex: Male Born: 1995 A Dolphin's Life Pi is an adult male resident of the Sarasota population, known since birth. His fin is easily recognizable by its nicks and notches. Unfortunately some of those notches

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