CroatiaA video has surfaced online showing Oliver, a solitary bottlenose dolphin in the Novigrad Sea, circling around a swimmer and pushing them underwater. Fortunately, the swimmer was not injured, and the incident passed without serious consequences due to fortunate circumstances. The Institute Plavi svijet (Blue World Institute) reported receiving reports of similar incidents where Oliver had previously pushed swimmers away from the shore, creating the impression that he was preventing them from leaving the sea. Such behavior is typical of solitary dolphins who become accustomed to human interaction. The institute warns that these dolphins may block swimmers’ paths toward the shore or push them further into open water, which can be dangerous for exhausted individuals. They urge swimmers not to interact with Oliver and to move away if approached. The institute highlights that such physical contact, while part of rough play among dolphins, can lead to severe injuries or death, citing past cases like Tião in Brazil in 1994 and Reggie in England in 2025. These incidents involved aggressive interactions between dolphins and humans, resulting in hospitalizations and fatalities.
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