Dolphins who frequent Australia’s Tin Can Bay, a popular tourist spot, have taken to bringing “gifts” ashore, apparently missing the visitors who would normally be lined up to feed them before the coronavirus pandemic.
The pod of humpback dolphins has brought sponges, barnacle-covered bottles and fragments of coral to Queensland’s Barnacles Cafe & Dolphin Feeding in recent weeks, a volunteer told Australia’s 7News.
“Nothing surprises me with dolphins and their behavior anymore,” Barry McGovern, a dolphin expert and PhD student at University of Queensland, told the outlet. “They do everything – they use tools, they have culture, they have something similar to names in signature whistles.”
“In all likelihood, they probably don’t miss humans per se,” he added. “They probably miss a free meal and the routine.”
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Caretakers say dolphins at popular spot miss tourists and keep leaving "gifts" on shore https://t.co/JhCfCLRHRQ pic.twitter.com/xOBLs8DyP7
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