Missing Fungie: Ireland gripped by mysterious disappearance of beloved dolphin

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2020
  • Ireland has been gripped by the mysterious disappearance of a beloved dolphin.
    Fungie, a solitary bottlenose, appeared in County Kerry's Dingle Harbour in 1983 and never left. He quickly became a major tourism draw in the area, and enchanted generations of foreign tourists and Irish visitors alike.
    Now he has suddenly vanished. Local boatmen say he has never previously been gone for more than a few hours in 37 years.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 115

  • @GarethFerguson
    @GarethFerguson 3 роки тому +65

    I would say he has passed away off old age a dolphin to spend their whole life in one area is rare, They need a statue off him in his honour

    • @martinaburke1469
      @martinaburke1469 3 роки тому +14

      There is a statue of him in dingle town

    • @Emmet21982
      @Emmet21982 3 роки тому

      If he died would they not of found his body somewhere such as floating on top of the water or laying at the bottom of the sea bed. It's weird how there is no trace of him.

    • @googleuser3163
      @googleuser3163 3 роки тому +1

      @@Emmet21982 His body would have been completley eaten by crabs and other bottom feeders within days, even if the could somehow scan the entire sea floor they wouldn't find anything.

  • @adamweston4152
    @adamweston4152 3 роки тому +69

    What a sad story, let us all hope he's just gone for a short break but if he doesn't come back then let's celebrate fungie's wonderful life.

  • @sebfetea3408
    @sebfetea3408 3 роки тому +42

    The year gets worse and worse

  • @jhamp244
    @jhamp244 3 роки тому +31

    Oh no. I went to Ireland just to see him.

  • @truefulluke5056
    @truefulluke5056 3 роки тому +31

    Weird video to like but I liked the fact he gave so many people pleasure! Bless him 🙏

  • @man-who-sold-the-world
    @man-who-sold-the-world 3 роки тому +14

    Economy was reliant on one dolphin. He gave many decades of service, Rest in Peace.

  • @davidbarth80
    @davidbarth80 3 роки тому +23

    We were there just over two weeks ago and got lucky as we saw Fungie. Never saw a dolphin in real and it touched me. Amazing experience and feeling sad now.

  • @JoeyDNo3
    @JoeyDNo3 3 роки тому +4

    Never hurt anyone , just brought love and joy . World can be so cruel . Be safe 💝 .

  • @rustyshackleford2719
    @rustyshackleford2719 3 роки тому +5

    I'm not usually a bleeding heart but hearing this news and learning about Fungie's history with the town made me very sad. I hope Fungie is doing well and returns to Dingle.

  • @gashlickerextordinare1477
    @gashlickerextordinare1477 3 роки тому +12

    This is old news he was spotted a week or to ago by a local fisherman that regonised his mallet from the distinct scars.

    • @monkyhire5842
      @monkyhire5842 3 роки тому +1

      Someone thought thwy might have seen him however there was no other sighting and the search has now unfortunately been called off

  • @magnussen9388
    @magnussen9388 3 роки тому +19

    We love u Fungie

  • @alunstevenfennell1042
    @alunstevenfennell1042 3 роки тому +19

    Couldn’t handle another six week lockdown, don’t blame him, hope he’s somewhere nice and warm

  • @greaze.
    @greaze. 3 роки тому +9

    Fungie and Shergar just hiding out their days

    • @Badbhoys
      @Badbhoys 3 роки тому

      Monkey Tennis uh oh the UVF want him now but he shall never be handed over

  • @MarkDonaghy
    @MarkDonaghy 3 роки тому +13

    No tourists no fungie - he will be back when the craic returns

  • @Badbhoys
    @Badbhoys 3 роки тому +4

    I will miss him even though i never saw him RIP fungi 😔

  • @sanchaxi3987
    @sanchaxi3987 3 роки тому +6

    They didn't put a tracking device on him?

  • @GG-ch1hm
    @GG-ch1hm 3 роки тому +4

    He’s gone into isolation

  • @solomit1
    @solomit1 3 роки тому +5

    Hopeful thinking sea currents may have caused Fungie to swim further out to sea to feed on fish

  • @CC-fd4hv
    @CC-fd4hv 3 роки тому +5

    God bless him

  • @jacksdraws5674
    @jacksdraws5674 3 роки тому

    Fungi wherever u are we all love u and I hope u can return soon ❤🐬

  • @missh9053
    @missh9053 3 роки тому +5

    Oh he will be back

  • @Katwoman4318
    @Katwoman4318 2 роки тому +2

    ☘️💚☘️ Awesome story from across the pond. 🤙😎☘️💚☘️

  • @burnzyj7100
    @burnzyj7100 3 роки тому +1

    The most amazing part is how did he put up with the people of co Kerry for that length of time

  • @laurie7372
    @laurie7372 3 роки тому

    Very sad. 😔

  • @seanmc4789
    @seanmc4789 3 роки тому +5

    They have gone to Sweden for a hair cut and a beer.

  • @jjoreilly3275
    @jjoreilly3275 3 роки тому

    no fungie can,t see tourists going there sad to see fungie gone

  • @hugostiglitz6914
    @hugostiglitz6914 3 роки тому

    He's just self isolating!😁

  • @sebfetea3408
    @sebfetea3408 3 роки тому +1

    Usually people avoid fungi

  • @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1
    @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 3 роки тому +6

    I believe the last thing they said was "so long. And thanks for all the fish.".

    • @retrominimii
      @retrominimii 3 роки тому +1

      I hate that this joke got me a giggle

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer 3 роки тому +8

    Depressing comments . Never seen such bad jokes

    • @johnmurphy7316
      @johnmurphy7316 3 роки тому +2

      I don't understand the mentality of the people who are making these so called jokes. They must be disturbed or something.

    • @helendoherty2471
      @helendoherty2471 3 роки тому +1

      Excuse me the most dolphin of dingle county Kerry has died. Please don't rub salt in the wound and no the grieving of this beautiful bottle nosed dolphin is a loss of gods creatures. I am sure everyone has their own way to accept their loss. No need to be racist about Kerry and the whole republic of Ireland.

  • @foreignwarren7361
    @foreignwarren7361 3 роки тому

    Who named him Funghi and why?

  • @chriswhamilton
    @chriswhamilton 3 роки тому +1

    2020 has gone too far.

  • @MsLeticiaaaM
    @MsLeticiaaaM 3 роки тому +2

    😭

  • @benjaminmarley1178
    @benjaminmarley1178 3 роки тому +3

    He had underlying health conditions

    • @LimerickWarrior1
      @LimerickWarrior1 3 роки тому

      Along with 30% of the population of every western country.

  • @georgekerr9630
    @georgekerr9630 3 роки тому

    He’s over in arran Scotland

  • @krotesket8417
    @krotesket8417 3 роки тому

    "Mysterious" oh please

  • @paulreynolds7103
    @paulreynolds7103 3 роки тому +1

    Things die. It's sad-ish

  • @sahrishumer4962
    @sahrishumer4962 3 роки тому

    I miss fungie

  • @greengrass9572
    @greengrass9572 3 роки тому +6

    The dolphin probably got fed up with all of your fake news ,and headed out to sea looking for deeper waters.

    • @castlebravo2023
      @castlebravo2023 3 роки тому

      He just wanted to dodge the lockdown

    • @Badbhoys
      @Badbhoys 3 роки тому

      Maybe he wants to just find other dolphins

  • @roisingaffney544
    @roisingaffney544 Рік тому

    Rip fungi 😘

  • @charg1nmalaz0r51
    @charg1nmalaz0r51 3 роки тому +1

    2020 guys what next

  • @leonlee9188
    @leonlee9188 2 роки тому

    I seen him at Sligo

  • @danieldeburgh8437
    @danieldeburgh8437 3 роки тому +1

    Ireland isn’t really ‘gripped’

  • @leonlee9188
    @leonlee9188 2 роки тому

    I seen him in Sligo

  • @neokennime6756
    @neokennime6756 3 роки тому +1

    Finding Fungie 🧐

  • @bunnyfunny2130
    @bunnyfunny2130 3 роки тому +1

    It's time for him to retire

  • @AngelsBeauty98
    @AngelsBeauty98 3 роки тому +1

    he could've migrated

  • @mirandafriske4525
    @mirandafriske4525 3 роки тому

    The rumor I heard from someone from Ireland, was that a man was denied a license to give boat tours to see him. He supposedly said something along the lines of "If I can't give Fungie tours, then nobody can". Fungie went missing shortly after.

    • @morgankoehne5902
      @morgankoehne5902 2 роки тому

      Proof? I need to know

    • @mirandafriske4525
      @mirandafriske4525 2 роки тому +1

      @@morgankoehne5902 I can't provide proof. My brother in-law is from that area in Ireland and that's what people he knows were saying.

    • @theastonvillaseal585
      @theastonvillaseal585 Рік тому

      @@mirandafriske4525 were they lying?

    • @mirandafriske4525
      @mirandafriske4525 Рік тому

      @@theastonvillaseal585 I really don't see why they would lie about it. It doesn't change anything.

  • @johnobrien3853
    @johnobrien3853 2 роки тому

    It is very rare for a DOLPHIN to spend so much time in one area ....
    It is probably because the KINGDOM aka co. kerry is majestic
    FUNGIE probably died but his legacy never will. 🖐

  • @johannebaker9730
    @johannebaker9730 3 роки тому

    Awww

  • @piotr5261
    @piotr5261 3 роки тому +1

    He very was old to be honest

  • @quavergonzalez4710
    @quavergonzalez4710 3 роки тому

    What if all these years poor fungie has been trying to ask humans for food and has been slowly starving to depth while everyone in the area have just exploited him for commercial porpoises?

    • @ifjchsiwocjcjs4378
      @ifjchsiwocjcjs4378 Рік тому +1

      For 40 years?? Yeah i doubt that. Dolphins can OBVIOUSLY feed themselves. And they are simply in a boat riding around dingle harbour, fungie goes up to the boat. Thats NOT exploiting

  • @marksolarz3756
    @marksolarz3756 3 роки тому +1

    Caught by Chinese fisherman. Or perhaps........Hitchhiker’s guide to the universe! And thanks for the fish! Maybe fungi is visiting relatives in Florida. Flippers old neighborhood.

  • @skd_don
    @skd_don 3 роки тому

    He’s just social distancing duhhh 🙄

  • @rogerashar9548
    @rogerashar9548 3 роки тому

    Maybe its in quarantine

  • @richardmurphy9006
    @richardmurphy9006 3 роки тому

    Curiously his rape of Julian cope is not mentioned

  • @sistitulasi
    @sistitulasi 3 роки тому +1

    R.I.P. Fungi

  • @shegotbettermorale8598
    @shegotbettermorale8598 3 роки тому

    He gave up on humanity

  • @azizamosa7630
    @azizamosa7630 3 роки тому +1

    Hi

  • @theastonvillaseal585
    @theastonvillaseal585 Рік тому +1

    Old boy.

  • @veyron2848
    @veyron2848 3 роки тому +2

    Fungie has sadly taken his own life

    • @ianmacleod2639
      @ianmacleod2639 3 роки тому +1

      Dolphins are HIGHLY INTELLIGENT CREATURES. ANIMALS DO NOT TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES,. ONLY HUMAN BEINGS TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES

    • @johnmurphy7316
      @johnmurphy7316 3 роки тому

      Lemmings...

  • @johnreddan9522
    @johnreddan9522 3 роки тому

    Lockdown and take a look at this people please

  • @TUDCAREL0L
    @TUDCAREL0L 3 роки тому +1

    Due to ocean tier 3, Willy died of Covid 19.

  • @sebfetea3408
    @sebfetea3408 3 роки тому +1

    Kidnapped

  • @HH-wd2cn
    @HH-wd2cn 3 роки тому

    Wtf fungi gone AWOL

  • @rixilonnituo
    @rixilonnituo 3 роки тому

    Go find that 🐬 and feed it

  • @shepherdmhonda5378
    @shepherdmhonda5378 3 роки тому

    ...

  • @justinsmith1177
    @justinsmith1177 3 роки тому +1

    It's been eaten by Shergar.

  • @enticingmay435
    @enticingmay435 3 роки тому +2

    So those boat owners (who’ve been benefiting off of him for decades) just stopped feeding him because the tourists were gone? That’s the saddest thing

  • @sofakingdrunk170
    @sofakingdrunk170 3 роки тому

    It's dead jim ?

  • @GuyNamedMatthew
    @GuyNamedMatthew 3 роки тому

    Maybe it got Covid19

  • @sebfetea3408
    @sebfetea3408 3 роки тому

    He got the virus

  • @ussatlas7306
    @ussatlas7306 3 роки тому +1

    I thought they "biologists and veterinarians" put GPS to most of the dolphins and whales ect. Shame they couldn't find it maybe he get tired of cold waters and moved to the Caribbean sea😉

  • @Spudscave
    @Spudscave 3 роки тому

    Oh no he’s committed Fungicide

  • @ALO_69
    @ALO_69 3 роки тому +1

    That's thing is so old it's dead