Name contest for sixth dolphin baby

Dolphin Academy Curaçao was very happy and proud to report that on Christmas day, December 25th 2008 the dolphin family was further extended with the birth of a sixth baby.

Half brothers and sisters Papito, Li-Na, Chabelita, Kayena en Tikal preceded him.

Dolphin Tela gave birth to her little boy around 4.30 am in the company of the animal care staff. Mother and son are doing well. Now that the baby has successfully lived through his first month of life, his survival chances increased, although the first year of a baby dolphin always remains a challenging time. The little boy was a second generation baby. Mother Tela was born in 2000 at R.I.M.S. in Roatán Honduras out of parents Rita and Esteban. They are now grandparents.

Dolphin Academy wanted to share the double baby bliss with as many people as possible and therefore celebrates it with a name contest. They called on all inhabitants of Curaçao and beyond to send nice name suggestions to dolfijn@dolphin-academy.com, or to call Dolphin Academy directly on (+5999 465 8900). With their name and phone number since the winner was invited for a special Dolphin Swim for 2 persons, in the company of the new baby.

Name suggestions could be given up till Monday the 2nd of February after which people could vote on the top four names on the Dolphin Academy website: www.dolphin-academy.com

On Thursday the 12th of February the winner was announced: Pasku !!