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Tilikum

Tilikum was an individual male orca (Orcinus orca) who spent his entire life in captivity at SeaWorld. He gained notorie...

Controversial Individual Captive Orca

9.7 Brilliant

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Opo

Opo was a unique bottlenose dolphin who lived in New Zealand’s Akaroa Harbour from the 1970s until his death in 2017. He...

New Zealand Historical Individual Bottlenose

9.6 Brilliant

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Fungie

Fungie was a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin observed in Dublin Bay, Ireland. He became notable for his consistent...

Ireland Individual Bottlenose Wild Solitary

9.3 Excellent

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Kathy

Kathy was a bottlenose dolphin born in 1962 and held in captivity for decades. She gained widespread recognition as a te...

1960S Individual Captive Bottlenose

9.1 Excellent

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Ake

Ake was a bottlenose dolphin extensively researched at the Pacific Primate Research Center in Hawaii. Louis Herman’s wor...

Hawaii Individual Bottlenose Language Research

9.0 Excellent

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Flipper (TV dolphin character)

Flipper was a bottlenose dolphin featured in the popular 1960s television series. The show’s success established Flipper...

Iconic Individual Captive Bottlenose

8.8 Great

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Winter (Clearwater Marine Aquarium)

Winter is a captive bottlenose dolphin housed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida. She gained international rec...

Individual Captive Bottlenose Prosthetic Tail

8.8 Great

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Puck

Puck was a sparsely documented named dolphin, notable as an individual animal rather than a separate dolphin species or...

Australia Individual Bottlenose Shark Bay

8.6 Great

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Elele

Elele was a captive bottlenose dolphin that lived at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii, where she was...

Research Hawaii Individual Bottlenose

8.5 Great

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Flipper (Kathy)

Kathy was a female bottlenose dolphin who portrayed the title character in the 1960s American television series "Flipper...

1960S Individual Captive Bottlenose

8.5 Great

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Akeakamai (Louis Herman's lab)

Akeakamai was a captive bottlenose dolphin researched by Louis Herman’s lab in Hawaii. She is recognized for demonstrati...

Hawaii Individual Captive Bottlenose

8.4 Great

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Phoenix (Louis Herman's lab)

Louis Herman’s Phoenix is a captive bottlenose dolphin residing in Hawaii. This individual was the subject of extensive...

Hawaii Individual Captive Bottlenose

8.4 Great

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Hope

Hope is a captive bottlenose dolphin residing at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida. She was rescued...

Florida Individual Captive Bottlenose

7.8 Good

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Mitzi

Mitzi (1958–1972) was a female bottlenose dolphin trained by Milton Santini at his facility in Grassy Key, Florida. She...

Individual Film Star 1963 Captive

7.8 Good

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Hope (Clearwater Marine Aquarium)

Hope is a bottlenose dolphin who has resided at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida, since being rescu...

Rescue Individual Captive Bottlenose

7.6 Good

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Panama

Panama was an elderly deaf bottlenose dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, best known as Winter's companion and a figu...

Florida Individual Captive Bottlenose

7.2 Good

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Kathy (primary Flipper performer)

Kathy was a trained female bottlenose dolphin and the principal animal performer used to portray Flipper in the American...

Individual Captive Bottlenose Television 1960S

7.2 Good

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Kelly

Kelly is a captive bottlenose dolphin at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi. She became kn...

Research Individual Captive Bottlenose

6.9 Fair

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Elvar

Elvar was a bottlenose dolphin captured in Iceland in 1967 and kept at the Hafnarfjörður Aquarium. He remained there unt...

Research Individual Captive Bottlenose

6.7 Fair

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Peter (Margaret Howe Lovatt research)

Peter was a male bottlenose dolphin involved in John C. Lilly's human-dolphin communication research at the Communicatio...

1965 Individual Captive Bottlenose

4.4 Poor