This is an image taken with just a cheap instant camera on a sunny day. We believe this is Mojo, an offspring of our resident wild dolphin JoJo of Providenciales. I can’t express what it means to have a wild dolphin ‘choose’ you to play with. A word of caution, please if you do come down here and meet up with the wild dolphin pack, be careful. Drive in a straight path, at and don’t change your speed. The reason we know for a fact this isn’t JoJo is that this dolphin isn’t covered in scars.
The dolphins will happily play in the path of the waves, and believe me it is beyond any entertainment you will ever be able to buy a ticket for. But the dolphins will not be able to react quickly enough to the changes in direction/speed and will be hit by the blades of your outboard.
We took about 5 shots. In the beginning we just stared dumbfounded, then we were hit with an elation that winning the lottery couldn’t compare to. I have no idea how long Mojo was there. We felt amazingly ‘chosen’ and the wonder of pure joy and playfulness. I was three years old again. To think that something so wild and free can ‘enjoy’ and ‘play’ was amazing. Surrounded by warnings of pollution and global warning, this left me with the feeling that there is still time..
The Turks & Caicos actually made a ‘choice’ to not offer ‘penned’ dolphins and to allow JoJo to be free, and support, and protect his pod. Beautiful by Nature simply doesn’t cover it. I can’t believe I would feel even half of the elation with a penned dolphin, who has no choice but to ’play’. I know I would turn down a million dollar lottery ticket to experience that day again.