Sex: Male

Birth Date: Fred is an old dolphin and has lots of light pigmentation scar tissue around the tip if his dorsal fin.  Fred may have been born pre 1970 and has very flat and missing teeth also indicating his old age.

Position in Pod:  Fred is a large male inshore bottlenose dolphin that is fully grown (3 meters long, weighing 200+ kg). As far as we can see Fred is the dominant male of the group.

History: Fred came into the dolphin feed area 20th May 1993 with a large shark bite on his left dorsal side, extending 2cm from his left eye almost to his dorsal fin. The wound was around 45cm wide and between 6-8cm at the deepest point of the laceration. 
Fred showed amazing behaviour in that he appeared oblivious to even having such an unimaginable injury. During this healing time ~ about 4-6 weeks, Fred demonstrated incredible healing ability and maintained his natural feeding behaviour. 
Dr. Peter Corkeron’s studies on bottlenose dolphins in the central bay indicate that about 1/3 of the dolphins in the bay have physical evidence of shark encounters. After all, they both eat fish and sometimes compete for the same food source.

ID Features: Fred's dorsal fin is quite light in colour. He has lots of old scars on his body and is larger than all of the other dolphins. The end of Fred's rostrum is also quite pitted and rough.