By Eve Samples, TCPALM.Com
He was a typical young male.
Playful and rambunctious; loved cruising with his friends.
One of his favorite hangouts was the stretch of the St. Lucie River that flows past Club Med Sandpiper Bay.
Nic Mader, who conducts field surveys for Tampa-based Dolphin Ecology Project, often spotted the 11-year-old bottlenose there.
She knew “Kris” the way she knows so many dolphins in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon: by his dorsal fin.
It was split down the middle — the result of a boat accident about six years ago.
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