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nomadreid
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I have seen articles from the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (USA) about bottlenose dolphins in which, for example, a dolphin nicknamed Nicklo had the official name FB15, her dolphin friend Blacktip Doubledip had the official name F153, and one of her great calves was F286.
Examples of such articles:
https://sarasotadolphin.org/fb15/
https://www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/Wells_bottlenose_dolphin-research_fl_0415.pdf
Is there some official agency (international or American) that catalogs individual dolphins, such as the AIU for planetary bodies, or would these names merely be in the internal catalog of the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program? My internet search only turned up articles about how dolphins had names for each other.
Examples of such articles:
https://sarasotadolphin.org/fb15/
https://www.mmc.gov/wp-content/uploads/Wells_bottlenose_dolphin-research_fl_0415.pdf
Is there some official agency (international or American) that catalogs individual dolphins, such as the AIU for planetary bodies, or would these names merely be in the internal catalog of the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program? My internet search only turned up articles about how dolphins had names for each other.