Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

This figure represents one of the groups during sessions. The five phases of 100 %, 75 %, 50 %, 25 % and 25 % fish were plotted to see how interest increased, decreased or remained stable over phases. The aim was to keep dolphins interest, which seemed to be the case. Only one dolphin had a significant drop in physical interaction mean.

This figure represents one of the groups during sessions. The five phases of 100 %, 75 %, 50 %, 25 % and 25 % fish were plotted to see how interest increased, decreased or remained stable over phases. The aim was to keep dolphins interest, which seemed to be the case. Only one dolphin had a significant drop in physical interaction mean.

Having an active swim patterns did correlate with having more physical interactions towards enrichment. R² = 0.1692, p-value = 0.001.

Dolphins could either find fish by interacting with fish hides on their own, or by finding fish freely floating in the water. Some dolphins followed others to take fish and others worked for theirs. Some dolphins did not seem to care much for the fish at all.

Training before interacting with fish hides did not seem to have much of an effect on the interest level.

Peach kept fish for longer periods during phase 4 and 5. She expressed a playful behavior and often swam up to other dolphins with the fish.