Tales from the lagoon ~ Episode- Baby River Playtime

Tales from the Lagoon ~ Episode- Baby River Playtime

Oh my goodness this little nugget is such a cutie pie! I know who she is because she is accompanied by her mom who has a rope entanglement scar. Over time I have watched a handful of babies (calves) play and from what I can tell they love they love to play with anything but they have their favorite toys.

Gypsy loves to play with the pelicans. Indy loves a good leaf, he can play with the same leaf for 30 minutes. Ruby loves to play with her mom, a mangrove seed and the other kids. She is very social.

River, she is so joyful, she loves the mangrove seed and little green pods. She showed me her belly on December 3 confirming she is females. Females have a division sign, while males have an exclamation point on their lower belly. You can see the 3 slits looking like a division sign in the last photo.

Today she played with the pod for 20 minutes, just tossing it up then chasing it and doing it again. Here little nose (rostrum) and mouth would pop up out of the water wide open with the seed in her mouth.

It was like watching a toddler get a case of infectious giggles giggles while playing. I hope you can feel the laughter and joy through the photos.

Stay tuned for more tales!

Keeping an eye on her nature toy

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It’s a girl!