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Meet our dolphins
All our dolphins are Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins. This means that they are territorial and in their natural habitat they prefer to live in shallow waters like bays and along the coast of the continental mainland.
The bottlenose dolphins that are seen in the water surrounding Curacao are commonly known as Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins. Other species that frequent the island are the spinner dolphin and the striped dolphin. We hereby like to introduce you to our friends and collegues...starting with Copan.
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Copan
Copan is the oldest and wisest of the group born in 1979. He is the proud father of baby Li-Na, Chabelita and the youngest teenager of the Dolphin Academy, Kayena. He "acted' in "Flipper"(1996) and "Bermuda Triangle".
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Teresa
Teresa was born in 1993 and is the dominant female of the group. She is the proud mother of baby Kayena, has a loving but strong character and is very inquisitive.
In the morning you're most likely to find her outside on the Sea Aquarium House Reef together with Annie. |
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DeeDee
DeeDee is born in 1995 and is the proud mother of baby Li-Na. DeeDee is very active and loves everything that involves Speed and Height |
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Annie
Annie is a very enthusiastic and playfull female born in 1996. She's very vocal and loves adventure. Especially riding the waves during the Open water Program.
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Bonnie
Bonnie is a female, born in 1990, and the calm one of the group. She is the proud mother of baby Chabelita. Bonnie likes to be pampered and enjoys personal attention.
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Tela
Apart from the baby's Tela is the youngest of the group. She is born in RIMS Roaton Honduras on the 18th of november 2000 a female with a strong but very loving character. She's very enthusiastic and chatters a lot. |
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Li-Na
Li-Na is the daughter of Copan and DeeDee, who was born at the Dolphin Academy on September 27th 2005. Li-Na is very bright, playful and naughty. The name Li-Na is Chinese for "beautiful and graceful".
In September 2008 Li-Na moved to the CDTC where she now assists in the Dolphin Therapy together with Papito, GeeGee and Mateo.
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Chabelita
Chabelita
is the daughter of Copan and Bonnie who was born at the Dolphin Academy on November 1st 2006. She is a very curious little girl who enjoys exploring everything around her. Her name is derived from a local children's song called Chabelita, Chabelita which was written by the local poet Elis Juliana.
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Roxette
This young female born in 2004 is very active and inquisitive. Together with Caiyo she moved to Dolphin Academy from the Sea Aquarium in September 2008. She is very independent and self-willed and loves to learn new behaviors.
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Caiyo
Our second young male Caiyo was born in 2004 and moved to Dolphin Academy from the Sea Aquarium in September 2008. Caiyo is a calm but curious young dolphin who enjoys checking out everything new around him.
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Kayena
The youngest of the Dolphin Academy is Kayena. She was born on November 18th 2007, and is the daughter of Teresa en Copan. She is a very playfull and curious little girl and her name is derived from a local flowering plant called the Cayenne. In the native language Papiamentu the word Cayenne is written and pronounced as Kayena. Kayena's photo gallery can be viewed here. |
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