漁民每天都去探望海豚，替消失的游客補償它

漁民每天都去探望海豚，替消失的游客補償它

Fungie is no stranger to solitude.

Fungie對孤獨并不陌生。

Since the bottlen-nosed dolphin was first spotted in Irish waters back in 1983, he's almost never seen with even a single friend. Fungie is so famed for his solo act, even Guinness World Records has taken notice, naming him the world's longest-lived solitary dolphin.

自從1983年寬吻海豚首次在愛爾蘭水域被發(fā)現(xiàn)以來，人們幾乎從未見過它和一個朋友在一起。“Fungie”因其獨舞而聞名，甚至吉尼斯世界紀錄也注意到了它，稱它為世界上最長壽的孤獨海豚。

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That's not to say Fungie doesn't enjoy visitors. In fact, he's spawned his own tourist industry in southwest Ireland, where people clamber aboard so-called "Fungie boats" to meet the iconic dolphin.

這并不是說Fungie不喜歡訪客。事實上，他在愛爾蘭西南部開創(chuàng)了自己的旅游業(yè)，人們爬上所謂的“Fungie船”去見這只標志性的海豚。

"People are amazed that they see so much of him," one tour operator tells Irelend.com. "He chooses to swim right beside the tour boat."

一位旅游運營商告訴Irelend.com:“人們看到這么多海豚，都很驚訝。它選擇在游船旁邊游泳。”

Indeed, anyone swimming, boating or kayaking in Dingle harbor will soon have a very enthusiastic dolphin cavorting at their side.

事實上，任何在丁格爾港游泳、劃船或劃皮劃艇的人，很快就會有一只非常熱情的海豚在他們身邊嬉戲。

But earlier this year, with the world in the throes of a pandemic, the Fungie boats went silent. No one visits the dolphin any more.

但今年早些時候，當全世界都在為一場大流行的痛苦掙扎時，“Fungie boat”卻沉默了。沒有人再去看海豚了。

Well, except for one man — an angler named Jimmy Flannery.

嗯，除了一個人——一個名叫吉米·弗蘭納里的垂釣者。

He was among several locals who noticed that Fungie hadn't been himself lately.

他是幾個注意到Fungie最近不太正常的當?shù)厝酥弧?/p>

"Fungie was lonely alright," he tells the Independent. "He follows the (commercial) fishing boats out but they don't have time for him. They are too busy heading to the fishing grounds."

他告訴《獨立報》:“Fungie的確很孤獨。它跟著(商業(yè))漁船，但他們沒有時間和它在一起。他們正忙著去漁場。”

Indeed, whenever a boat left from Dingle's port, Fungie would race after it, hoping it was a contingent of his adoring fans, the newspaper reports. The dolphin would race towards it, only to be met with indifference.

事實上，只要有船離開丁格爾的港口，F(xiàn)ungie就會追上去，希望這是它崇拜的粉絲們的隊伍，報紙報道。海豚會沖向它，卻只會得到冷漠的回應。

So, for the last few weeks, Flannery has been paying twice-daily visits to the old harbor resident. Flannery, the newspaper notes, likes to call his sessions with Fungie "fishing chores."

所以，在過去的幾個星期里，弗蘭納里每天兩次拜訪這個老港口居民?！都~約時報》指出，弗蘭納里喜歡把他與Fungie一起的活動稱為“釣魚雜務”。

But the truth is, loneliness wears on us all, humans and dolphins alike.

但事實是，孤獨會影響我們所有人，包括人類和海豚。