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By 2019, it was estimated that he was at least 40 years of age and Guinness World Records declared him to be the oldest solitary wild dolphin in the world. [9] [10] His long life led to rumours that the original Fungie had died at some point and been replaced with a lookalike to avoid damage to tourism. However, this idea was dismissed by ...
17 paź 2021 · Male bottlenose dolphins have a life expectancy of up to 40 years. In 2019, The Guinness Book of World Records named Fungie as the longest-living solitary dolphin in the world.
19 paź 2023 · An emotional tribute was paid to Fungie to mark three years since beloved dolphin vanished without a trace to the heartbreak of the country. First spotted in the 1980s, Fungie became a beloved native of the Kerry town and built an entire tourism industry in the Connacht area.
20 paź 2020 · Fungie, the world's oldest solitary dolphin, has not been seen in his 37-year harbour home for a week.
22 paź 2020 · A dolphin that captured the hearts of an entire town and lived there for nearly 40 years has left residents bereft by suddenly disappearing. A full-scale search, with boats, divers and sonar, has...
27 gru 2020 · THE WONDER AND awe Fungie caused by his unusually friendly behaviour hasn’t abated since he arrived in Dingle harbour in 1983.
20 paź 2020 · Fungie, a bottlenose dolphin, is missing from the scenic County Kerry coast in Ireland’s southwest, where he has lived at the entrance to Dingle’s harbor since 1983.
