AUDIO: DOLPHINS REHABBED, RELEASED INTO THE WILD
Three bottlenose dolphins that were rescued from a resort hotel in Indonesia in 2019 were released into the wild last Saturday after they were rehabilitated by a specialized animal sanctuary. The dolphins — Johnny, Rocky and Rambo — were rescued by the Umah Lumba Rehabilitation, Release and Retirement Center in Bali. The three dolphins had spent years performing in traveling circuses until they ended up in a small, chlorinated swimming pool at a resort hotel in North Bali. The Umah Lumba Center worked with the dolphins to prepare them for a return to the ocean. Johnny received dental crowns that allow him to catch his own fish. Rocky and Rambo reportedly gained weight and strength during their rehabilitation.
* Couldn’t they at least also give Johnny a Sylvester Stallone movie character name? “Samaritan” is big right now.
* They were also taught how to read a bus schedule, how to shop, and how to use a credit card.
* The dolphins zoomed out of the cage, gave one final synchronized triple leap out of the water and headed for open sea.
* Although one of them – Rocky, probably – turned around and flipped the fin back at the humans.
* The Umah Lumba Center. It’s just down the street from the Oompa Loompa Institute.
CLIP: Some dolphin sounds.
