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Monday, July 20, 2009

Cliffy joins Sea World

A young male dolphin, who was rescued by Sea World 5 months ago, when he was found weighed down with fishing line wrapped around his tail, has become a nuisance around the Port of Brisbane boat ramps, since he was released back into the wild. He prefers to rely on charity handouts from fisherman and locals, and seemed to be having trouble adapting to life back in the wild. Anyway the crunch came when apart from being a nuisance around the boat ramps with fisherman having to avoid hitting him with their boats and the like, he bit a Water Policeman, sparking Sea World to intervene.
Sea World marine experts capture Cliffy
and take him back to Sea World's marine park for his medical
Which includes checking his original injuries on his tail! Cliffy wasn't learning the correct skills for hunting and also didn't have the social structure around him which is extremely important for dolphins. So this fiesty young dolphin will now become a permanent addition to the Marine Park, and will probably live a very long and happy life - if he stops this biting caper!!.