A Baby Dolphin is Born - Dolphins of Shark Bay
No one knows where dolphins go to have their calves,
but that night, somewhere in the bay,
Puck gives birth.
The Beachy's family have a new arrival.
Puck's precious eighth calf is a boy.
The team name him Samu.
No more than a few hours old,
the baby instinctively shadows his mom's every move.
Samu calls continuously to her,
as if to say, I'm here, Mom, I'm here.
In the first hours of Samu's life,
he's on a huge learning curve.
Less than three feet long,
Samu must first perfect the art of breathing and swimming.
Bobbing up and down,
Samu's movements are jerky and uncoordinated.
His tiny dorsal fin is still floppy
and he's afraid from being squashed up inside Mom.
Puck doesn't let her baby out of sight for a second.