| Our baby dolphins have a great life
here in the Laguna Madre Bay. I have come to realize
that the baby boys are much more fiesty than the baby
girls for sure. We are fortunate to get to know these
babies and their mothers and watch them grow up. The
males play with us much more than the females. We
have two new babies so far this year but I have yet
to spend time and film them. It is very windy on the
water this time of year and my reseaserch vessel is
being worked on right now. But there is no hurry and
the mother's need their time with the newborns. They
will start bringing them to meet me in a few weeks.
It will be fun to see the first year mothers that
were just little girls when I met them. Some of the
young females remind me of the teenage human mothers
we see, as if they should still be growing up instead
of having a baby! These babies will have fun being
raised here in the bay learning from their family
and friends what to eat, learn their liquid language,
how to use their echo location capabilities, how to
stay safe around all the human water activities, how
to get along with one another and how to stay healthy.
Living up to forty five years in the wild they have
a long life of learning. Here is mom playing with
her baby. |
