Cacica
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Beat my record for number of baby nurse sharks caught.
Cacica is becoming a master of becoming a mobile "splash zone", practicing her crowd splash behavior and soaking the causeway.
Atocha and Cacica met our most recent group of adult DolphinLab students. The girls had a great time “laughing” at the jokes the students were making. Coming Soon!
Cacica and Ranger are trying their “flipper” at learning research games! They are both in the beginning stages of “object permanence” and learning to find the alligator.
When doing a “peek” behavior simultaneously, the trainer called “together!” Atocha and Cacica heard and moved closer together to be touching, showing that they do hear and understand certain phrases!
Bowie and Ranger were excited to play with a filefish in their lagoons, when Cacica noticed she gently took it from them and brought it to her trainer almost as if to say “please don’t let the littles play with this right now, we’re having a session”.
Cacica’s 2025 Resolution: To find that stuffed alligator, wherever those trainers put it.
Atocha, Cacica, and Windley were all in a session together and were having fun playing the “peek” game. You can’t help but smile with all three of their faces looking up out of the water at you.
Cacica has decided that she likes to be grouped with Merina and Santini, the older ladies. These three became a trio in the last month as the older girls took Cacica under their wing and gave her dolphin guidance.
When Cacica was in a session with her trainer, she was asked to imitate the trainer. The trainer was on the boardwalk between lagoons and Diva saw that they were having a good time so she came over and started playing the game from the other side of the boardwalk when she was not even in a session.
Cacica and Windley get really excited when someone dives in and they can go meet them down below the surface. Playing in the water with their trainers is one of their favorite things to do.
Atocha, Cacica, and Diva caught the Taylor Swift bug when they had a great time doing a dance party all together to the pop star’s songs. They were having so much fun with their trainer that they had to play an encore.
Summer, Cacica and Diva are moving into a new lagoon, which is always exciting. All of the younger dolphins have moved into one of the back lagoons. These girls are becoming familiar with a new lagoon without adults and realizing that they are the big kid examples now.