Key points 22 dolphins were identified in the Tiputa area in June.
Lelia, a pregnant female of the community, lost her calf.
The small female born in early April was named "Fetia".
Two new dolphins were identified this month in the pass.
The association intervened with students from the Rangiroa middle school.
In June, the monitoring of bottlenose dolphins In June, our watch near the Tiputa pass allowed us to identify 22 bottlenose dolphins. Among them Lelia, one of the females that was ready to give birth, lost her calf prematurely. We also had the opportunity to determine the sex of Roxie's baby, born in early April: the young female was named "Fetia" by the students of the Rangiroa middle school. Finally, two dolphins unknown to our catalogs were identified several times in the pass; these individuals with very distinctive morphology and pigmentation were particularly active in the tidal bore waves, where they socialized with dolphins from the Tiputa community.
End-of-year activity at the Rangiroa middle school On June 23, the association intervened with students from 6th, 5th, and 4th grades of the Rangiroa middle school to share information about the dolphins of the atoll. This end-of-year activity notably allowed addressing the study of dolphin behavior and testing the students' ability to identify certain dolphins residing in the Tiputa area. We thank Mr. Spannagel, life and earth sciences teacher, and Mr. Ruiz, principal of the middle school, for organizing this moment of exchange and sharing!