Happy Birthday Nellie!!!!!
Nellie is JU's mascot and she turned 57 today; she is the oldest living dolphin in captivity. At Marineland today, I met the daughter of the woman they named Nellie after! She was the ticket lady at Marineland in the 50's and so they named the new baby dolphin after her, and Nellie the dolphin is setting world records with her lifespan! I also met a woman who grew up at Marineland, and Nellie was her best friend--she would swim laps with her every night!
A very fun, unique day; It's pretty cool to have a live mascot that's for sure!
One of the trainers told us some of the things Nellie has lived through in her lifetime: the invention of the Barbie doll, velcro, the Vietnam War, Kennedy's assassination, WaterGate, Beatlemania, the first man on the moon, Martin Luther King's I had a Dream speech, and 9/11, for just a few! She has already doubled the life span of a normal dolphin wild or captive. She's quite the special dolphin!!
This woman is holding a picture of her mother, Nellie!
This woman is holding a picture of herself when she was a girl swimming with Nellie!
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