▲ This photo, provided by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, show Bibong, an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin getting ready to be released to the ocean. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲ This photo, provided by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, show Bibong, an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin getting ready to be released to the ocean. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲ This photo, provided by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, show Bibong, the last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin to be released back to the ocean. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲ This photo, provided by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Jeju. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲This photo, provided by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Jeju. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEJONG, August 4 (Yonhap) -- "Bibong," the last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin to live in a Korean aquarium is returning back to nature after 17 years. For this, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will begin its full-scale preparations for the release of Bibong.

This dolphin will leave the aquarium and undergo wild adaptation training at the cage training center installed near the coast of Jeju.

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, which is currently known to be living in the coastal waters of Jeju Island, is famous for its frequent mention of whales by the autistic genius lawyer Woo Young-woo, who is particularly fond of whales in the recently popular ENA Wednesday-Thursday drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo."

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)

 

 

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