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Welcome to the South Padre Island Nature Center!
DORSAL FIN STUDY

                                                            

 

 Our Life with our dolphin tribe is very exciting and we have found that they are their own tribe and unique to any other dolphin in the world     they are the Laguna Madre Tribe of Bottlenose Dolphins and we have now known them for fourteen years. Unfortunately we have lost our Frosty , Alpha Male that we had become so close to. We were with him the day he died. But many babies have been born and our research center is a voice for them and a voice to keep them safe.

Frosty1c.jpgGATE KEEPER

FROSTY   ALHPA MALE    ALIAS  MIKE THE MOOCH AND HARRY

EACH DAY THE WILD DOLPHIN STUDY GROUP IS FILMED AND DOCUMENTED WITH DIGITAL VIDEO AND SLR CAMERA

THEIR BEHAVIOR IS RECORDED AND EACH FIN IS DOCUMENTED

THESE ARE WILD DOLPHINS THAT ARE NEVER FED, SWAM WITH OR TOUCHED.

ALL DOCUMENTING IS DONE FROM THE RESEARCH VESSEL THE LAGUNA SKIMMER.

SIX OR LESS PEOPLE CAN JOIN EACH TRIP WITH FOUR TO FIVE TRIPS GOING OUT DAILY
WEATHER PROVIDED.

aug12_03_132.jpgCODY    YOUNG MALE 

aug12_03_205.jpgNICKI    YOUNG MALE 

sharkeyfin.jpgSHARKY   ONCE ORPHANED  ADOPTED BY 

TWISTER'S GROUP    MALE

119_1956.JPGTWISTER    MATRIARCH

 

RESEARCH CENTER

AT THE RESEARCH CENTER WE HAVE THE DORSAL FIN STUDY ON DISPLAY,
SEVERAL VIDEOS ON OUR RESEARCH,
PHOTOS OF THE DOLPHINS AND THE INTERESTING THINGS THEY DO!                                                
Baby playBubble talk

Come visit us!