I know what you’re thinking: this is Broadsheet, and you’re meant to be telling us about a hot new dish or the best spots to grab a late-night feed. I promise we’ll get back to posting that shortly – but only after we all take a moment to look at this dolphin.

The team at Tangalooma Island Resort runs a dolphin feeding program where eco rangers and guests feed wild bottlenose dolphins. Since the 1980s, the same pod of dolphins has visited the resort night after night. On June 7, a baby (or a calf as the dolphins would call it), was spotted with the pod. The newborn has since been seen on six separate occasions.

The yet-to-be-named calf belongs to 19-year-old Silhouette (Sil to her friends at the resort). The teenage dolphin mum (someone get MTV on the phone!) is already a devoted mother to nine-year-old Betts and five-year-old Comet and both older brothers have been keeping a watchful eye over their baby sibling at Tangalooma’s sunset dolphin encounters.

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The calf, who we have instantly formed a parasocial attachment to, is playful and independent like her mother and appears to be a healthy and strong swimmer, which bodes well for their chances of survival in the wild. The gender of the little one is yet to be determined but they are about 80 centimetres long and weigh between 15 and 20 kilograms.

Even more adorably Calypso, another male dolphin from the pod, has been seen babysitting the calf to give Sil a break on her Tangalooma visits. Shout out to Calypso.

Tangalooma’s eco rangers will not feed the new calf until she is at least two years old, and she has learnt all the essential skills to hunt independently.

Catch you all over on the Tangalooma Island Resort socials where I will be patiently waiting for more updates on my new dolphin friend.

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