MEET Dolphin Quest’s new addition, born this week to Caliban, a 14-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin at the Bermuda Maritime Museum. The newest addition makes three the number of dolphin calves born at the facility this spring.

Dolphin Quest general manager Christine Mihelcic said the two other dolphins to give birth include Cirrus, that delivered on May 23, and Bailey, which delivered her calf on Sunday, June 3. The newest addition was born on Wednesday morning at 11.58.

Mrs. Mihelcic said all three dolphin births were the result of artificial insemination using frozen semen brought to Bermuda from marine parks in the United States as part of a ground-breaking international cetacean reproduction study in small population genetics.

Participants, along with Dolphin Quest, include Sea World, Shedd Aquarium, the Chicago Zoological Society and the US Navy.

“The new mother and baby — all three mothers and babies — are healthy and doing fine,” Mrs. Mihelcic said.

She explained that the first few months of a young dolphin’s life are critical, as calves learn to nurse and mothers and establish nurturing bonds.

She said Dolphin Quest’s marine mammal specialists and network of volunteers would continue routine monitoring of all three dolphin mothers and their calves on a 24-hour basis for the next several weeks.

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