Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 5:03pm

Mules wrote: »

said that if he's gone off it might be because of the changes in his routine this year. He hadn't people coming to see him for months during lockdown

Victim Blaming.

Nexytus · 21-10-2020 5:30pm

https://twitter.com/i/status/1318862361483218946

.anon. · 21-10-2020 5:35pm

Mules wrote: »

I'd say it will stay a mystery.

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family.

He sleeps with the fishes - metaphorically now, rather than literally, as was previously the case.

embraer170 · 21-10-2020 6:23pm

.anon. wrote: »

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family. .

Not like anyone is surrounded by their families when dying in hospital these days.

Ubbquittious · 24-10-2020 2:27pm

bertiebomber wrote: »

Seaworld will be opening in Dingle soon - what a load so bollox let him go they had 30 years of exploitation and shrieking humans annoying him every day. Maybe he wants a rest now dead or alive leave him be, drop the story if he comes back grand if not you all paid your damn mortgages on his head so be grateful and shut up now we are bored with the faux tears.
Like everything in Ireland its all the economics, tell me this why did the greyhound and race horses get the huge grants again even though the greens were against it? We dont give a flying **** about animals its only all they can earn for us. Keep going Funghi and don't stop till you reach Australia

Why Australia? they love a bit of economing there and could do with a good tourist trap to exploit. Imagine all the poblicity and money that would be flying around the place if he suddenly appeared there. Price of smashed avo would go to $50 a slice

ctrl-alt-delete · 24-10-2020 2:31pm

Surely there will be still loads of money to be made just letting tourists onto the same boats going out looking for him.

If he is dead at least that means they can make that money roll in forever.

Will just be a Loch Ness feel to it.

Graces7 · 24-10-2020 2:31pm

.anon. wrote: »

I suppose, the fact that he lived in the sea meant he was never going to die peacefully in the loving care of the wonderful staff of Tralee General Hospital, surrounded by his family.

He sleeps with the fishes - metaphorically now, rather than literally, as was previously the case.

The ocean being the..... economic.. place it is, as in nothing wasted, he will if dead have been eaten and so live on …..

Rest in peace, Funghi! You made so many happy..

igCorcaigh · 24-10-2020 2:33pm

https://twitter.com/DonegalDaily/status/1319980838084292610?s=19

Tea drinker · 24-10-2020 3:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Fungi has been replaced several times over.

Kind of like the matrix was made over and over

thomas 123 · 24-10-2020 3:46pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DonegalDaily/status/1319980838084292610?s=19

Thats not fungie, he is a good bit bigger.

Capt'n Midnight · 24-10-2020 4:06pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Did people actually not realise that this was something that was always going to happen ? He’s a dolphin not a terminator, he’s a living thing and they do eventually die.

Dolphins can't be bargained with.

Dolphins can't be reasoned with.

Dolphins don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear!

And they absolutely will not stop, ever.

odyssey06 · 24-10-2020 4:08pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Fungi has been replaced several times over.

I always thought of it as a codename.
Like Dread Pirate Roberts.
Or 007.
Or Tanaiste.

whisky_galore · 24-10-2020 4:09pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DonegalDaily/status/1319980838084292610?s=19

Sadness as shark washed up, said no media outlet ever.

Capt'n Midnight · 24-10-2020 4:14pm

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Looks like there's a sinister development in this story

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/10/19/divers-find-dolphin-mass-grave-in-dingle/

But we'll have to wait 30 years for official confirmation.

SEPT 23 1989 · 24-10-2020 4:18pm

Bodies will turn up all over the island now

There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist

odyssey06 · 24-10-2020 7:12pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bodies will turn up all over the island now
There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist

I heard he started asking too many questions about the packages he was being asked to carry in ...

upupup · 24-10-2020 9:55pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bodies will turn up all over the island now

There was no way Fungi was going to share the profits of that heist

Dunmoreroader · 29-10-2020 12:01pm

Fungie got the Covid!!

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-real-contagion-virus-is-out-there-and-it-s-causing-virologists-to-worry-1.4387162

"Marine mammals may be at risk to Covid-19
Marine mammals such as dolphins and whales may be susceptible to Covid-19, an international study involving UCD scientists has shown.

Also under a potential threat from the pandemic virus are several critically endangered primate species, such as the Western lowland gorilla and orangutan.

The scientists investigated how similar the docking protein (ACE2) that the virus uses to latch onto cells is between humans and 410 animal species. In particular, they zoned in on 25 amino acids of the ACE2 protein that are especially important for the virus to bind and gain entry into cells.

Those with an exact match included, unsurprisingly, our nearest ape relatives such as gorillas, gibbons, bonobos and chimps. They were classified as being at the highest risk for contracting SARS-CoV-2.

More unexpected was that whales and dolphins (cetaceans) scored as at high risk due to the similarity of their ACE2 receptor, which suggests that the virus may be able to infect their cells. This includes the harbour porpoise, gray whale, minke whale, killer whale, common bottlenose dolphin and beluga whale.

“No one would think that cetaceans might be infected, but they could. That scares the living daylights out of me,” says zoologist and bat scientist Prof Emma Teeling of UCD, who helped lead the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Marine mammals are long-lived and social animals and many are of conservation concern. Some scientists have suggested that the coronavirus could get into coastal waters through discharges from sewage plants."

Fungie the dolphin is missing - Or is he?

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