#fungie

[archerinventive]

Happy Mushroom Monday! 🍄

I'm starting off this week with a new batch of mushroom stakes. Now up in the shop. :)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArcherInventive

Here's hoping we get a few more days of sun this week, and more gardening days.

Wishing you all the best. ❤️

[luimnigh]

The big news in Ireland right now is that a dolphin has gone missing.

Fungie the Dolphin is the world's oldest living solitary bottlenose dolphin, and has been living near the town of Dingle since 1983.

He's not trained or anything, and people don't even feed him, he's a wild dolphin who took to interacting with the local fisherman, and later boat tours, kayakers, swimmers and divers.

He interacts with humans with such regularity that a gap of 5-6 hours with no sighting is cause for concern, and Fungie has only been spotted once since Wednesday morning.

It's been reported that a pod of Bottlenose dolphins has entered the bay in which Fungie usually resides, which locals have speculated has either temporarily scared Fungie off or prompted Fungie to spend time with his own species.

Either way, the entire nation is concerned for the welfare of this dolphin.

[ohohorla]

2020 has gone to far. Ireland's dolphin is missing

A wild animal going missing is national news in Ireland

[electricnik]

The Dingle dolphin.

It was a day of sunshine and showers. I was hoping to see more of the dolphin when I was in Dingle but we had a storm to contend with.

[deithe]

i need this shirt like i need oxygen

[wuh2k]

'It was a privilege to have had him': A farewell to Fungie, Dingle's beloved wild dolphin

‘The dolphin’, as locals called him, went missing in October and has left Dingle residents heartbroken.

Fungie holds the world record for the wild dolphin to have remained in the same location the longest. After his pod arrived in Dingle Bay 37 years ago he decided to stay. Earlier this year he disappeared, though it’s been impossible to confirm if he died or simply decided almost four decades was long enough and left.

Have some lovely tributes from locals who talk about what he meant to them and the area.

[ofdirtandbones]