It's 2019 and bottlenose dolphin #1022, born in Scottish waters in 2007, is suddenly spotted completely alone, hundreds of miles from his home before ending up in Denmark, some 500 miles (800 km) away across the North Sea.
For starters, Delle has been vocalizing three unique signature whistles, which is weird. Researchers think that because Delle has been isolated without social interaction for so long, it’s affecting his behavior. He might be doing it to amuse himself or calling out the “names” of dolphins he once used to hang out with. It could just be a coping mechanism to get him through the day. The reasons are all speculative as this type of solo-act-dolphin phenomenon isn’t commonly observed.
I love him