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The locals of DINGLE are still hopeful for Fungie’s return, after a lone dolphin was spotted in the area.
The searches continue after Kevin Flannery, a marine biologist and director of Oceanworld in Dingle, received a report that a single dolphin had been sighted in the vicinity of Slea Head.
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Flannery promptly informed the Fungie boatmen and went to investigate whether his beloved sailor friend had returned.
He told RTE Radio One’s Ray D’Arcy: “We have been looking and we found a school of common dolphins, but not bottlenose dolphins.
“Obviously [we’ve been holding out hope] because the corpse of the body was not washed ashore.
“So let’s hope he didn’t die and just left because there were a lot of humpback and minke whales feeding at the harbor mouth and he may have been with them for a while.”
WORLD RECORD
Fungie has been an esteemed member of the Dingle community for 37 years, a world record for the longest lone dolphin.
Over the decades, the famous dolphin has transformed the economic life of the West Coast port city.
Flannery said that after all those years settled in Kerry Bay, the community owed Fungi to find him.
He said: “It’s been here 37 years and if I was just wandering the other coves or bays we had to take a look and see.
“The longest time Fungie has been missing was most of the day. He ran into a roommate and she stayed with him for over a year, but then he decided he didn’t like tourists, so he left.
“So maybe she’s after coming back and luring him back. We don’t know.”
‘A BIG LOSS’
When asked about Dingle’s future without the world-renowned dolphin, Flannery said that Fungie would be “a great loss.”
He added: “The talk [locally] Between the pandemic and the disappearance of the dolphins, we wonder what else could happen.
“All the hospitality industries, dolphin tours … Dingle is practically independent now from tourism. So it will be a major loss specifically for boatmen and cafes and restaurants.
“But Dingle has built a reputation as a destination and hopefully it will be able to maintain it. More people can see the natural surroundings.
“There is still a lot to see, as I said, there has been a dramatic increase in humpback whales and for the first time in my life I see them at the mouth of the harbor in Dingle.”
The famous bottlenose dolphin was reportedly last sighted on Thursday, October 15, but search and rescue boats have not reported since.
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Hopeful Kerry natives, desperate to find the beloved dolphin, have been scouring the shores since Tuesday for mushrooms.
Local Jimmy Flannery, who runs Dingle Sea Safari, explained several reasons that could be behind Fungie’s disappearance, including easterly winds, other nearby dolphins, and the fact that there is currently more food than usual in Dingle Bay. , outside of Fungie’s normal feeding places. .
Fans around the world of the famous dolphin flocked to social media with comments, “devastated” by the missing animal.
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