Little Dolphin

Age range 4+

Little Dolphin celebrates the level of intelligence and compassion that scientists are only now realising dolphins possess, and explores the life of a young dolphin as it approaches adulthood. We follow Little Dolphin from her difficult birth to her escape through the shark net that traps her mother. She is adopted by a pod that teaches her the clicks and whistles of the dolphin language. They also teach her how to use tools, like sea sponges, a skill few other creatures, apart from humans, possess. But when the time comes for her to leave the bay, Little Dolphin finds she must use all her skills to help another dolphin that is drowning.

Little Dolphin explores the new-found knowledge we have of these ancient sea mammals. Scientists believe that the system of clicks and whistles dolphins use is a language almost as extensive as our own. 'Inshore' Bottlenose Dolphins face a bleak future from tuna nets (as tuna is a major source of food for them), boat propellers, and pollution; the latter causing health problems and possibly birth defects, affecting their size.