Image: Flickr.The famous Dingle dolphin has never been missing for this long.
Bad weather is hampering the search for Fungie who was reported missing 6 days ago.
A widescale search took place at the weekend involving fishing boats and Mallow search and Rescue to find Fungie.
The team used SONAR to scan the sea bed and sent divers below to look for clues to no avail.
Unfortunately after another day of searching for Fungie yesterday we have nothing new to report.
We want to thank the team at mallow search and rescue for all their help.
We didn’t find him but that gives us hope he is out and about somewhere.
We will carry on the search today.?— Dingle Dolphin Tours (@dingle_dolphin) October 19, 2020
Jimmy Flannery from Dingle Sea Safari and Dingle Dolphin Tours says he's never disappeared for this long.
''I mean there's no doubt about it at this stage now, it's totally out of character for him'', he said.
''I'm doing this for 33-years and in all that time, he's never disappeared for this length of time.
''So it's very very worrying at this stage.''
Fungie, who is believed to be over 40 years old, has been living in Dingle Harbour for 37 year but he has never gone missing for this long.
The solitary dolphin - which means he doesn't live with a pod loves and thrives from human contact, making his disappearance all the more concerning.
